with evil, uncreated by God.

William James (1842-1910) was a believer in a finite God which he used to explain the problem of evil. James rejected the divine authorship of the Bible and the idea of a perfect God. He defined God as a "combination of ideality and (final) efficacity" and preferred a finite God that is "cognizant and responsive in some way". James's finite God was not omnipotent,