 In fact , Cobb has not shied away even from re @-@ imaging what is now regarded as the “ traditional ” Christian notion of God . He does not believe that God is omnipotent in the sense of having unilateral control over all events , since Cobb sees reconciling total coercive power with love and goodness to be an impossible task . Instead , all creatures are viewed as having some degree of freedom that God cannot override . Cobb solves the problem of evil by denying God ’ s omnipotence , stressing instead that God ’ s power is persuasive rather than coercive , that God can influence creatures but not determine what they become or do . For Cobb , God ’ s role is to liberate and empower . 
