God's omnipotence

removes issue of inconsistent triad

what does Griffin say about God’s lack of power?

“God cannot control, but only persuade”

how is God not omnipotent?

• not creation ex-nihilo

• cannot control matter, only persuade

• if God were omnipotent, other materials could have been overridden

  • like freewill = contradictory

what does the translation “when God began to create the heavens and the earth, the earth was without form and void” suggest?

• God’s lacks omnipotence

  • did not create earth ex-nihilo

  • developed upon pre-existing matter

• earth has always existed

  • formless and void before being developed on by God

how does Plato’s theory support process theodicy?

• demi-urge

• God worked with materials not entirely compliant with his will

• create the best world possible

• like a potter