text: If the philosophical doctrine of determinism is discounted while the non-omnipotence of the person is accepted, then what is reasonably left but an interdependent model of creation that is beyond the overall control by any constituent part (and, therefore,  open to the influence of the unknown variable, chance). Given the two premises above, there is no other logical conclusion. 
  
  Weather is never predictable, which is why meteorologists refer to forecasts, not predictions. There is always the influence of that unknown variable which disallows such certainty. 
  
  For the Christian, this is actually good news: the humble acceptance of vulnerability through non-omnipotence is an occasion for surrendering self to the divine will. When this is done, the role of chance in life is reduced, if not eliminated altogether.