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Born & raised in Africa, a writer, artist & musician by choice, and a technologist by financial compulsion.
About Me
I'm currently a Distinguished Technical Architect for the Salesforce Platform. For the past 17 years, I've been a Microsoft and Salesforce platform evangelist, advising Fortune 100 organizations and Public Sector customers on their strategic software platforms and cloud investments. At both Microsoft and Salesforce, I've worked in a variety of technical sales roles, including the evangelism of Visual Studio & Azure, Salesforce & Heroku, and related integration & development technologies.
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Before joining Microsoft, I was a parter with NSE, a venture capital firm, and CTO of Personic, one of NSE's portfolio companies. My efforts to develop their software platform on Microsoft technologies led to the acquisition of Personic's' HR solution by Microsoft, which operated Microsoft's recruiting & staffing systems.
In previous years, I worked for the Centers for Disease Control & Prevention on a variety of projects including bio-terrorism, GIS and the Human Genome Network. Earlier in my career, I consulted with EDS and TRW, delivered financial software solutions in Equifax's e-banking division and was the founder and partner of DSS Online, the first Internet Provider to service Southern Georgia in the early '90's.
Born, raised and educated in Malawi, Africa, I pursued education in the Arts & Creative Writing and I've co-authored/edited books such as Professional XML, Professional Biztalk Server, Professional XML Databases, served on technical advisory committees for Microsoft, the CDC, Georgia Technology Authority, the HR-XML Consortium and the W3C. -
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My BioProfessionally speaking, I'm seasoned in software design, lifecycle management & cloud-oriented sales with a non-exclusive emphasis on the Microsoft platform.
My CareerAfter a few seasons in the ISP and software startup space, I've spent the last 10 years as a Microsoft Developer Platform Evangelist.
My SpeakingFrom Business Week Executive tours to Microsoft product launches & DevDays, I've presented to every size & type of audience.
My PublishingFrom publishing through Wrox Press, writing whitepapers, and developing online Training Kits, I've put my English education to the test.
My ResumeIf a conventional PDF or Word doc is how you like to view me, you can feel free to check mine out or download it for later.
My Current ProjectsI've spent the past 12 years as a technology advisor for many companies...check out some of the more intriguing ones I've worked with.
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My Artwork
continue the tour...My Writing...
My PaintingsI mostly stick with acrylics on canvas, but my subjects range from abstracts to fantasy to large-scale wall hangings.
My SketchesI prefer pen & pencil drawings...and I'm fascinated with eyes & abstracts that symbolize concepts.
My Technology DesignsSome of the docs, trailers and webinars I've done internally and externally.
My Culintary InterestsSounds crazy, but I love the culinary arts...and have a few examples of my more liked goodies.
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continue the tour...My Music & Social...I write mostly for myself, but if you enjoy reading some of my randomness...well then...I'm glad!
my writing
I've always been an avid writer and journalist...from everyday thoughts, to reflections after reading others. Once a year, I typically take all of my scribbles and put them into electronic form and bind them into a coffee table book of sorts. As with anyone who writes, I'm sure you will detect the different moods and seasons I've gone through as I've written, but all-in-all, this method seems less expensive than a therapist :-)
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continue the tour...My Photos & Media...Music is my passion...the piano, guitar, drums, trumpet and my DJ decks...anything with notes!
music & social
Starting with the trumpet and piano, and later adding the guitar and drums, I've always had an ear and prefer to play by that ear. In recent years, drums and the trumpet are a tad harder to practice in small spaces, so the piano and guitar have emerged as my primaries. DJing has become my social outlet and I thoroughly enjoy each gig that I get to perform!
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From Skydrive to Google Drive to my PogoPlug drives at home...I can't help but be connected
photos & media
For social reasons, people want to see my photography, travels and random photos. Professionally, I'm always exchanging files and sharing work and presentations with customers. I decided it was time to just say "go to my web site...it's all there." So feel free to grab what you need...
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My Bio
Currently I'm a Master Architect with Salesforce Heroku; I am part of the Salesforce.com Platform focusing on Developer Platform-as-a-Service (Paas) and how it provides for the development of intriquing User & Customer Experiences.
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Prior to Salesforce, I spent time in a hybrid role between Microsoft and their largest global partner Insight, selling Microsoft Cloud technologies, building platform scenarios and scoping services for Cloud-transitioning customers in the Atlanta area. For the prior 10 years, I was a member of the Developer Platform Evangelism team at Microsoft, where I advised Fortune 100 organizations and Public Sector customers in the financial, retail, healthcare and government sectors on their strategic software platforms and investments. There I worked in a variety of technical sales roles, including the evangelism of Visual Studio, MSDN, Application Lifecycle Management best practices and other related platform products such as SharePoint, System Center and Dynamics.
Before joining Microsoft, I was a parter with NSE, a venture capital firm, and CTO of Personic, one of NSE's portfolio companies. My efforts to develop their software platform on .NET led to the acquisition of Personic's' HR solution by Microsoft, which operated Microsoft's recruiting & staffing systems.
In previous years, I worked for the Centers for Disease Control & Prevention on a variety of projects including bio-terrorism, GIS and the Human Genome Network. Earlier in my career, I consulted with EDS and TRW, delivered financial software solutions in Equifax's e-banking division and was the founder and partner of DSS Online, the first Internet Provider to service Southern Georgia in the early '90's.
Born, raised and educated in Malawi, Africa, I pursued education in the Arts & Creative Writing and I've co-authored/edited books such as Professional XML, Professional Biztalk Server, Professional XML Databases, served on technical advisory committees for Microsoft, the CDC, Georgia Technology Authority, the HR-XML Consortium and the W3C. -
My Career
• Distinguished Technical Architect, SALESFORCE/HEROKU - 2014-Present
• Microsoft Platform Solutions Architect, INSIGHT/MICROSOFT - 2013-2014
• Developer Platform & Partner Evangelism, MICROSOFT - 2003-2012
• Vice President of Product Development , NSE Inc. – 02/03
• Chief Technology Officer, Personic – 00/02
• Director of Product Development, Careerstream – 00/01) - acquired by Personic in 2001
• Lead Systems & Debug Engineer, Microsoft – 99/00
• Platform Architect, Centers for Disease Control & Prevention (CDC) – 98/99
• Web Architect, Equifax – 97/98
• Founding Partner & CTO, DSS Online – 94/97
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My Speaking
• “Enterprise Mobility & the Internet-of-Things” – Atlanta BDPA
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• “Mobility Workflow Optimization” – Georgia TAG
• “Lifecycle Management – Requirements Traceability” – DPE US Roadshow
• “Maintaining Legacy Apps in an ALM World” – MSDN Webcast Series
• “Windows Phone & Lifecycle Management” – Workforce Mobility Conf.
• “Asset & Inventory Management for Developer Desktops” – MSDN Webcast Series & Resource Kit
• “SharePoint from a User Experience Perspective” – MSEvents for GovDev
• “Building Mobile Applications using the SMS Protocol” – Southeast District Wireless Forum
• “Application Lifecycle Management Strategies & Techniques” – FOSE Conference, Washington D.C.
• “Creating Instantly Recognizable Applications with the Microsoft Office System” - Heroes Happen Here
• “The Future of Application Development” - New York Government Technology Conference, New York
• ”Application Platform Optimization Initiative" - Microsoft Executive Summit, Redmond
• "Services Oriented Architecture Trends in Human Resources" - Microsoft Executive Briefing, Redmond
• "Software Development Trends in Healthcare" - CareCentric Annual Conference, Palm Beach
• “SOAP & HR-XML" - HR-XML Consortium, California
• "Web Services: Schema Validation and XML Digital Signatures" - HR-XML Consortium, Atlanta
• “Smartphone & Wireless Entertainment: Audio, Video & Rich Content Media Delivery” - CTIA Wireless
• “Services Oriented Architecture” - HR-XML Consortium, Illinois
• Business Week/Microsoft Executive Forum - 4-City Web Services Tour
• Technology Association of Georgia (TAG) - XML Web Services
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My Publishing
• Heroku for Blockchain & Manufacturing - Dreamforce '18
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• Heroku for High-Scale Streaming Applications - Dreamforce '18
• Heroku for Consumer Analytics & Marketing - Dreamforce '17
• Heroku for Microsoft Developers - Dreamforce '17
• GovDev-for-TFS Process Template
• shadowbox | SharePoint Development
• shadowbox | Developer Operations
• shadowbox | Developer Desktop Inventory Kit
• shadowbox | Partner Directory 3.x
• SDLC-in-a-Box | Application Lifecycle Management using Visual Studio & MSDN
• MSDN Developer Desktop Inventory Kit
• MSDN Blueprints | Best Practices for Lifecycle Management Designers
• MSDN Administrator’s Kit
• Microsoft Developer Platform Web Resource Client
• Software Development Lifecycle Management using VSTS (prospectus) - Addison-Wesley
• Visual Studio Team System Licensing, Microsoft
• Working with Sharepoint Web Parts, Sharepoint Advisor Magazine
• Sharepoint Backup & Restore, Sharepoint Advisor Magazine
• Professional XML - Wrox Press
• XML Schemas – Best Practices – HR-XML.org
• HR Solutions Expedited with use of .NET Enterprise Servers, Microsoft Corp. Case Study
• Personic Increases Developer Productivity with Microsoft .NET Platform, Microsoft Corp. Case Study
• Professional XML Databases, Wrox Press
• Professional BizTalk, Wrox Press
• Audio Markup Language (AUML) – Submitted to W3C for Voice Markup Language (VML) spec.
• Site Server Analysis - Prentice Hall (prospectus), MS Internal
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Professionally speaking, I am seasoned in IT Core Infrastructure, Private & Public Cloud platforms and software Application Lifecycle Management with a non-exclusive emphasis on the Microsoft & Salesforce platforms.
My Resume
My Resume in PDF EMPLOYMENT HISTORY Distinguished Technical Architect, Salesforce - 2014-Present
• FY21 Salesforce Platform Role of the Year, Retail & Consumer Groups (RCG & CG) • Appointed to Executive Committee to driving strategy for Heroku’s Platform Growth • As a Distinguished TA, created Cross-Cloud, Cloud Compete & Best Practice Architectures for field TAs and formally mentored new & transferring TAs on Platform & Cross-Cloud • Evangelize the Salesforce Heroku platform via technical designs, demos & events • Drove Platform revenue across clouds by launching the Heroku Addon, Marketing Connector (data bridge for CDP, Interaction Studio, Marketing Cloud, Heroku & Google/AWS/Azure sync) • Responsible for driving solutions and revenue around the Salesforce.com Platform, primarily focused on the Heroku Platform-as-a-Service (PaaS), Lightning and complimentary cloud offerings such as Marketing Cloud, Einstein, Tableau & Commerce etc.
• Assisting mobile and web development partners to leverage Heroku for building compelling Customer Experiences using a variety of languages such as Ruby, PHP, Java, .NET and frameworks such as AngularJS, Material etc.
• Providing architectural & licensing solutions for hybrid applications that touch Heroku, Lightning, Flow, Microsoft Azure, AWS/GCP (IaaS/PaaS/SaaS) as well as other Cloud service offerings
• Managed the East Region territory which included Financial Services, Retail, Public Sector/EDU, Healthcare and General/Corporate Business; Responsible for managing technology sales opportunity pipelines, whitespace analysis, and closing Salesforce Platform opportunities
• Carried Salesforce Platform sales quota for the Heroku product offerings including Heroku Enterprise, Heroku Connect, Heroku Postgres, Heroku Review Apps, Dynos, Add-Ons and partner services
Microsoft Platform Solutions Architect, Insight(Microsoft) - 2012-2014• Responsible for driving solutions and revenue around Office 365, Microsoft Azure (IaaS/PaaS/SaaS) as well as Windows Intune & CRM Online
• Typical day-to-day activities and cloud-oriented customer solutions included: AWS/Azure compete, Salesforce.com/MS CRM compete, O365 migrations from on-premise Exchange, Gmail and Lotus Notes, Azure/VMWare hybrid clouds using System Center, VEEM and VSphere
• Winner of Insight’s #1 City Achievement Award for sales & services revenue attainment across all US markets (256%)
• Personal Microsoft Software + Services Quota Attainment for FY 2013/14 – Q1: 164%, Q2: 256%, Q3: 177%, Q4: 196%
• Focused on providing pre-sales technical & integration guidance for Enterprise Agreements & Partner licensing solutions, including Symantec EA, Cisco, Google Compute, VMWare Cloud and Microsoft Azure/O365 etc.
• Certified to deliver Microsoft Deployment Planning Services (xDPS) and Microsoft Experience Center (MEC) sessions
• Quota’d on Net New Microsoft Enterprise Agreements, EA True-Ups, EA Renewals, Deployment Services & Account profiling
• Solutions Architect for Office 365, Windows Azure, System Center hybrid Cloud, SQL Azure, SharePoint Online & Exchange services
• Solutions Architecture & Services lead for the Southeast market, focused on East Region customers
• Promoted to Sr. Cloud Solutions Exec. & Practice Lead for Cloud & Online Services Specialists across North America markets
Developer Platform & Partner Evangelist, Microsoft - 2003-2012• Responsible for a personal $27 million sales quota for the Developer Platform & Tools business spanning Breadth & Managed accounts in the Public Sector, Healthcare, FinServ, Retail and Pharma industries
• Targeted Audience and Breadth segments via MSDN Blogs (avg. 10,000 visits per entry), MSDN Magazine publications, MGX/TechReady/Build speaking engagements, panel sessions with standards bodies & advisory councils such as GA TAG, HR-XML, LACC, GCC and W3C
• Jointly-developed and released GovDev-for-TFS, a customized Application Lifeycle Management process template to aid development teams with effective and productive adoption of Microsoft’s Visual Studio tools platform & technologies
• Published Top 100 Visual Studio Platform Partner Add-Ons, providing guidance to customers & adopters of the platform
• Owned and managed sales pipeline for the Tools business, abiding by the Microsoft Solutions Selling model, to evangelize, reach, win and maintain developer tools licensing using Open/Select/EA/EAP licensing agreements
• Campaign manager for multiple mass marketing sell-through partner campaigns; avg. $100k per campaign run
• Visual Studio 2012 ALM Insiders Advisory Board, providing sales & marketing guidance to the Visual Studio & MSDN product teams, and best practices for the developer tools sales field
• Delivered Rhythm of the Business trackers, revenue dashboards and scorecards for the all-up Public Sector developer tools business responsible for a $64 million dollar FY sales quota – avg. 24% YOY growth
• Published shadowbox suite of Starter Kits, including "SharePoint for Developers," "Developer Operations," "WP7 Resource Kit" and "Partner Directory" marketing programs for Developer Platform Evangelism (DPE) field organization
• Partner Account Manager to drive the Developer Partner Directory & engagement/marketing campaigns
• Awarded Worldwide Role of the Year for the Visual Studio & MSDN field sales force; Chairman’s Award nominee
• Covered 6 industry focuses (Financial & Professional Services, Healthcare & Pharma, Retail, Public Sector)
• Role Mentor for sales & technical specialist new hires & author of Developer Sales Specialist Playbook
• Author of a number of developer-specific WW marketing programs (see Publishing & Marketing)
• Author of Team Access License Starter Kit, SDLCinaBox, MSDNDDIK, MSDNAdminKit, MSDNBlueprints, ALMResources, YouHaventHeard.net and other breadth marketing programs for the Developer Tools business
• Vice President of Product Development , NSE Inc. – 02/03
• Chief Technology Officer, Personic – 00/02
• Director of Product Development, Careerstream – 00/01) - acquired by Personic in 2001
• Lead Systems & Debug Engineer, Microsoft – 99/00
• Platform Architect, Centers for Disease Control & Prevention (CDC) – 98/99
• Web Architect, Equifax – 97/98
• Founding Partner & CTO, DSS Online – 94/97
PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES Speaker & Panel Engagements• “Enterprise Mobility & the Internet-of-Things” – Atlanta BDPA
• “Mobility Workflow Optimization” – Georgia TAG
• “Lifecycle Management – Requirements Traceability” – DPE US Roadshow
• “Maintaining Legacy Apps in an ALM World” – MSDN Webcast Series
• “Windows Phone & Lifecycle Management” – Workforce Mobility Conf.
• “Asset & Inventory Management for Developer Desktops” – MSDN Webcast Series & Resource Kit
• “SharePoint from a User Experience Perspective” – MSEvents for GovDev
• “Building Mobile Applications using the SMS Protocol” – Southeast District Wireless Forum
• “Application Lifecycle Management Strategies & Techniques” – FOSE Conference, Washington D.C.
• “Creating Instantly Recognizable Applications with the Microsoft Office System” - Heroes Happen Here Microsoft Launch Event, Philadelphia, PA
• “The Future of Application Development” - New York Government Technology Conference, New York
• ”Application Platform Optimization Initiative" - Microsoft Executive Summit, Redmond
• "Services Oriented Architecture Trends in Human Resources" - Microsoft Executive Briefing, Redmond
• "Software Development Trends in Healthcare" - CareCentric Annual Conference, Palm Beach
• “SOAP & HR-XML" - HR-XML Consortium, California
• "Web Services: Schema Validation and XML Digital Signatures" - HR-XML Consortium, Atlanta
• “Smartphone & Wireless Entertainment: Audio, Video & Rich Content Media Delivery” - CTIA Wireless Association - Smartphone Summit, Orlando
• “Services Oriented Architecture” - HR-XML Consortium, Illinois
• Business Week/Microsoft Executive Forum - 4-City Web Services Tour
• Technology Association of Georgia (TAG) - XML Web Services
Publishing & Marketing• GovDev-for-TFS Process Template
• shadowbox | SharePoint Development
• shadowbox | Developer Operations
• shadowbox | Developer Desktop Inventory Kit
• shadowbox | Partner Directory 3.x
• SDLC-in-a-Box | Application Lifecycle Management using Visual Studio & MSDN
• MSDN Developer Desktop Inventory Kit
• MSDN Blueprints | Best Practices for Lifecycle Management Designers
• MSDN Administrator’s Kit
• Microsoft Developer Platform Web Resource Client
• Software Development Lifecycle Management using VSTS (prospectus) - Addison-Wesley
• Visual Studio Team System Licensing, Microsoft
• Working with Sharepoint Web Parts, Sharepoint Advisor Magazine
• Sharepoint Backup & Restore, Sharepoint Advisor Magazine
• Professional XML - Wrox Press
• XML Schemas – Best Practices – HR-XML.org
• HR Solutions Expedited with use of .NET Enterprise Servers, Microsoft Corp. Case Study
• Personic Increases Developer Productivity with Microsoft .NET Platform, Reduces Development Costs by Over 50%, Microsoft Corp. Case Study
• Professional XML Databases, Wrox Press
• Professional BizTalk, Wrox Press
• Audio Markup Language (AUML) – Submitted to W3C for Voice Markup Language (VML) spec.
• Site Server Analysis - Prentice Hall (prospectus), MS Internal
Advisory Roles & Memberships• PossibleNow, Product Development Advisor – Compliance & Contact Management ISVEDUCATION & CERTIFICATIONS
• Reveille Software, SharePoint Advisor – Monitoring & Business Process ISV
• SA IT Services, Board of Advisors – System Center-based emerging ISV
• Microsoft, ALM Insiders – Strategic Sales & Marketing Guidance to the Developer Sales field
• OnePulse, Board of Advisors - Team Foundation Server Data Management ISV
• VSR Networks, Inc., Board of Advisors - Microsoft Gold Partner and ISV - Mobility, IT Infrastructure solutions
• AxcessOnline, LLC. Board of Advisors - ISV providing knowledge management solutions for mixed media
• ShepherdStone, Board of Directors - International Hospice Organization serving African Governments and principalities establish local hospice and medical facilities and training
• SoftTrends, Inc., Board of Advisors - India-based Mobile Device Development company
• NSE, Inc. - Board of Advisors - Information Worker and Governance VC/ISV
• Passport Joint Advisory Council – Microsoft
• .NET Framework Joint Advisory Council - Microsoft
• Technical Steering Committee - HR-XML Consortium (www.hr-xml.org)
• Technical Press Contact - HR-XML Consortium
• W3C (World Wide Web Consortium) Member - Voice Markup Language Working Group (http://www.w3.org/voice) Worked with the W3C Voice Markup Language Working Group on an XML-based Language Specification, AUML (Audio Markup Language)
• NCEH Chairman - CDC Internet Standards Committee
• NCEH Chairman - CDC Web Technologies Committee
• Valdosta State University, Valdosta, GA - English & Art emphasisPERSONAL IMPRESSIONS
• St. Andrews Secondary School, Blantyre, Malawi, Africa
• MCSE, MCP, MCP+I, MCSS Certifications
• Scott Magnes – VP Business Development – Possible Now
• Mark B - 15 year Microsoft leadership - venture partner & investor
• Asif Kassam – Founding Partner & CTO - Africa-Online
• Dan Jenkins – President & CEO - NSE, Inc.
• Bob Estes - CEO – Reveille Software
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My Projects
Below are just a few of my latest projects that I consider worth mentioning, as they've pushed me technically and shaped me personally:
• Salesforce: Heroku for the CEO
• Salesforce: Heroku Customer Enablement
• Heroku: Sample Customer Usage Review
• Heroku: Integrating Azure App Services with Shield Postgres
• Heroku: Real World Applications of Blockchain
• Heroku: Movie Trailer for Kafka-as-a-Service Enablement
• Heroku: Heroku for Cross-Cloud Marketing
• Heroku: Consumer Analytics QuickStart
• .NET Core Migration Considerations
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My Thoughts
ABOUT BUSINESSWhat saves a man [or a company] is to take a step. Then another step.
ABOUT CHRISTIANITYChristianity, if false, is of no importance, and if true, of infinite importance. The only thing it cannot be is moderately important.
ABOUT FRIENDSHIPFriendship is unnecessary, like philosophy, like art... It has no survival value; rather it is one of those things that gives value to survival.
ABOUT GROWING UPIt may be hard for an egg to turn into a bird: it would be a jolly sight harder for it to learn to fly while remaining an egg. We are like eggs at present. And you cannot go on indefinitely being just an ordinary, decent egg. We must be hatched or go bad.
ABOUT LEADERSHIPLeaders aren't born they are made. And they are made just like anything else, through hard work. And that's the price we'll have to pay to achieve that goal, or any goal.
ABOUT LEARNINGEducation without values, as useful as it is, seems rather to make man a more clever devil.
ABOUT LIFE ITSELFYou play the hand you're dealt. I think the game's worthwhile.
ABOUT TRAGEDYFrom the writings of one of the most critical minds today, Ravi Zacharius, I find that tragedy brings four converging issues: * The first is cultural * There is a second issue and that is of religion and its political outpouring * The third is the spiritual reminder in the tragedy * The final component is the very real emotional strain of it all Only in God can we find peace and confidence in the midst of tragedy, knowing there is a destiny to which we all move.
ABOUT GOD - "Evil and the Power of God" by C.S. Lewis
The Problem:If God is Omnipotent, then why does Human suffering occur? Asking the Question: “Why couldn’t God have made the world without it?” (Presupposition of the view is that humans have free will.)
C.S. Lewis’s approach:
Argues that it is possible to affirm both...
Divine Omnipotence:- That it is impossible for God to create a world containing free beings that would also not allow for the possibility of evil.
- Such a world is intrinsically impossible.
- Conditional and Intrinsic Impossibility
Conditionally impossible:- The claim that a thing or act is impossible unless certain other conditions obtain.
Intrinsically impossible:- The claim that a thing or act is impossible under all conditions and in all worlds for all agents.
Intrinsic impossibilities:- Square Circles
- Uncaused acts
- Free Will and an absence of evil?
The meaning of Omnipotence:- “With God all things are possible”
Does this mean:- God can do anything? (Even the Intrinsically Impossible?)
- or - God can do that which is not Intrinsically Impossible
- Is it a limit of Omnipotence to not be able to do that which is not a thing?
Possible vs. Impossible Worlds:- If we can speak of the possible worlds God could have created, we can also talk of the impossible worlds which God could not create.
- Because they involve a contradiction - something which is intrinsically impossible
- A World without the possibility of Evil could not contain free beings.
Evil is necessary if we are to be free:
- Beings with free choice need things to choose from - some of these choices will be better than others, some worse.
- The environment required for free choice must be one in which actions have predictable consequences. God cannot suspend the natural order for some, or the freedom of all is compromised. If God acted to prevent evil, then our brains would be incapable of thinking of it.
- In order for humans to relate, we must be physical. If we are physical, we must be capable of being hurt. In order to feel a caress, we must also be capable of being injured. In order to develop morally (a choice), we must have the possibility of Evil.
Conclusions:
- God can still be thought of as omnipotent, but as incapable of doing that which is intrinsically impossible. As to why God would create a world of free beings (or any world at all), we have no way of knowing.
