But if human beings are simply part of the world machine then the quest for truth implicit in science is itself an illusion
along with human freedom and responsibility generally.
Her rationale for such a view seems to rest upon (1) a highly questionable interpretation of one text in Process an Reality and the claims (2) that only such a view is
compatible with human freedom and (3) that only such a view is compatible with human faith.
Though two speak of «freedom of choice» and a few give no real theological rationale for their position, virtually all the statements of this type are concerned
not with human freedom or women's rights, but with articulating solid theological and philosophical reasons for the position they take.
It is a disguise for a more fundamental, perennial controversy, whether the idea of an ultimate principle of order (God) can be
reconciled with human freedom and the world's autonomy and indeterminacy.
While there is no monolithic Reformed position, the Reformed are usually «compatibilists,» in that they believe that God's sovereign rule (even to the extent of «determining» events) is compatible
with human freedom.
With the human freedom He allows you to maintain, you should seek Him rather than spurn Him.