From: george murphy <gmurphy@raex.com>
Do I understand you to say that God does not only not intervene to
stop volcanoes, H-bombs &c but that God cannot, "as a consequence of the
fundamental nature of God, the world, and their relationship", keep from
doing whatever it is God does (persuade, cooperate &c) with natural
processes to enable them to bring about their consequences?
Griffin's position is (1) that God's action is never coercive/overpowering
(he rejects supernaturalism because it demands a violation of the very
nature of God and the God/world relationship), and (2) that God's action can
nonetheless be variable, within the limits of (1). Hence, God responds to
prayer, but not with action in the category of supernatural (coercive
overpowering) intervention. I believe that his position is also that
non-coercive divine action is an essential element in everything that
happens.
Howard
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