Arminians say the Arminian God is more loving than the Calvinist God. Yet the Arminian God makes faith an obstacle to forgiveness. This is despite the fact that the Arminian God has redeemed everyone.
Given universal atonement, would it not be just for God to simply forgive unbelievers outright?
However, some Arminians (e.g. Grotius, Randal Rauser, Joel Green) reject penal substitution. So they don’t even think redemption (in penal substitutionary sense) is a necessary precondition to justly forgive sinners. But in that event, why in the world is faith precondition to be forgiven?
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