Lewis S. Ford

Ford argues that subsequent modifications of Whitehead's original line of thought mask a fundamental and unresolved 'aporia' in that original proposal: since only past or "objectified" determinate events can influence present experiences and since God, as conceived by Whitehead, is never fully determinate or objectifiable as a "past event" it is difficult to see how this divine persuasive power can have any influence on the present as a source of creativity and genuinely new possibilities for enactment.