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Process Theology - Coggle Diagram
Process Theology
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the Problems
it changes the nature of God. This is incompatible with the criteria for a successful theodicy. This is going down the line that Flew mentions when he talks of a God that dies the death of a thousand qualifications. Certainly we can qualify God until his nature allows for him to coexist with evil, but then we are left with a God who is unrecognisable in terms of the Christian God that we started with
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there is no empirical justification for this theology. It is purely a theory. It might convince some people, but equally it can be dismissed without difficulty
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Roth's critique
a God who lacked the ability to stop the genocide at Auschwitz would not be worthy of worship because there is no point worshipping a being who cannot save us from terrible situations.
for Griffin's view of God, "the best that God could possibly do was to permit 10,000 Jews a day to go up in smoke."
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God is not omnipotent. He is inside the world, doing his best to combat the forces of chaos. He shouldn't be condemned for the existence of evil, rather he should be applauded for doing his best to stop it
1) God is not the omnipotent creator of universe. He is part of universe and is in constant creative struggle with it
2) 2 forces at work in universe: disharmony + triviality. Triviality= meaningless chaos that God tries to overcome. Disharmony= failure to achieve order and the success of discord
3) God is limited by the basic laws and forces of the universe. If all the other forces are working towards chaos, he is the force for harmony and ordered creativity
4) He has to act by persuasion to attract man to him. Man is the result of the evolutionary process emerging from the battle with chaos. He has no natural bias towards God