ABSTRACT
Philosophers of religion working in the continental tradition usually agree that the world contains suffering which is not compatible with the existence of an omnipotent and good divinity. This chapter suggests that God simply chooses not to exercise divine omnipotence to preserve the autonomy of creatures, but this is inadequate because one would expect a good, omnipotent God to intervene when creatures inflict intense suffering on each other. Jonas argues that the concept of divine becoming offers a better fit with the spirit and language of the Bible than the Hellenic concept of a God who is transtemporal, impassible and immutable. Griffin argues that God's power is limited; although God is all-powerful in the sense of being the supreme power and having all the power it is possible to have, this does not entail that God can prevent all evil.
