«We can not validly commit ourselves
without reservation to God's loving providence unless all things are completely subject to his power».25 In reply, one might cite an article in which Peter Appleby concludes that the religious attitudes of
trust, love, awe, gratitude and repentance presuppose a personal deity, but not a necessary or omnipotent being.26 Process theologians have held that it is God's goodness, not his power, which justifies reverence and worship, though presumably a totally impotent deity would evoke pity more than respect.