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In process theology and philosophy, God is not all-powerful (omnipotent) but rather God 's power is persuasive. God can lure creatures toward the good and away from evil, but God cannot force them to chose good.
According to process theology
God cannot eliminate the evil in the world because God cannot unilaterally effect any state of affairs.
For Process thought, all human beings have a measure of freedom. The reality of human freedom means that God can not coerce human action.
God's role in the world is to present constantly the "initial aim" which represents the best that entity can be and become.
However, the final decision left up to each person. God can only persuade but never coerce human actions.
Introduction to Process theology
God's Primordial Nature contains all eternal possibilities for how creatures can advance. The consequent nature of God contains the
experiences and responses of creatures
as they choose to actualize some of
possibilities in their lives.
Thus, God's consequent nature changes
in response to the events in creatures and
in this way God is said to change or be in process.
This slide presentation will explore an explanation of evil in process philosophy.
Because God's power is limited to persuasion, if a person resists and rebels against God's persuasion, then there is literally nothing God can unilaterally do about it.
There is no guarantee that God will ultimately triumph over evil.
Alfred North Whitehead (1861-1947) modifies the classical attributes of the theistic deity by rejecting the classical concept of divine omnipotence.
Before proceeding, we must first explore
some of the components of process
philosophy. Process philosophy was
developed by Alfred North Whitehead.
Process thought is based on the view that reality as becoming rather than being. This notion is a reversal of the traditional approach. Thus, central themes in process thought are: development, the concept change, evolution in God and in creatures.