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    Challenges→A divine person is essentially eternally omnipotent and exists necessarily.

    Hartshorne's dipolar theism shows that classical essential omnipotence conflicts with the social, responsive nature of divine personhood that Swinburne himself requires for the Trinity.

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    Key Terms

    Conflict (philosophical)(as used to describe the tension between omnipotence and divine responsiveness)
    When two ideas or claims cannot both be true at the same time; they contradict each other.
    Dipolar theism(as Hartshorne's main philosophical contribution)
    A theory of God that says God has two poles or aspects: one that is absolute and unchanging, and another that is responsive and changes based on what happens in the world.
    Divine personhood(as used in philosophy of religion)
    The concept that God has personal qualities like consciousness, intention, and the ability to act and relate to others.
    Hartshorne(philosopher reference)
    Charles Hartshorne (1897-2000), an American philosopher who expanded on Whitehead's ideas and argued that God is affected by what happens in the world, not completely removed from it.

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    Swinburne(in philosophy of religion)
    Richard Swinburne, a famous British philosopher who wrote about God, religion, and the problem of evil—he argued that God's existence can be rationally defended despite the existence of evil in the world.
    The Trinity(as used in theology)
    In Christianity, the belief that God exists as three persons (Father, Son, and Holy Spirit) while being one God.
    classical theism(Contrasted with process theism in the debate over human freedom)
    The theological view, represented by Aquinas, that God's will is perfectly efficacious and that divine sovereignty is compatible with human freedom through dual sufficient causation
    omnipotence(Bruno's theological framework)
    God's primary attribute as designated by the Apostles' Creed, entailing that all possibilities are actualized

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