What kind of God is Worthy of worship?
There are two sides to this answer. I think it has been an on going conversation among religious thinkers. One of the early arguments was Arminuism and Calvinism. They both describe God and the condition of Human differently.
Well today I think we still have 2 sides or more. The 2 talked about in the Handbook of Process Theology are utterly transcendent (a more Calvinist view) or a God who exist in time with creatures (a more process view). There we have 2 extremes. The 2 sides think, that there description of God is the God worthy of worship.
I think the Calvinistic view of God is the extreme of making God this big all powerful God, which in ways distances God form Humans. And then on the other hand we have the process view of God, a with creator, which is one the other side of the spectrum. This view of God may bring God down to an all most equal level as humans and other creatures. This view may take away a lot of the power of God.
I think these two thoughts happen for different reasons the Calvinistic view wants a God Powerful so that, that God can save them. Whereas the Process thinkers want a God that is not so powerful because that keeps God from relating to Humans.
I think these are old arguments and conversations although i think Process may be offering some neat new insight but still i feel some what on the Arminium side.
Those are my thoughts.
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So you're seeing Arminianism as an intermediate position -- a God who does not determine all, yet is powerful enough to merit the traditional descriptions?
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