Believes in ex materia. Based on a mistranslation of the text 'the earth being without form and void'. Whereas the traditional version is 'earth was without form and void
What does the mistranslated text mean according to Griffin?
- the universe was uncreated and eternal
- there was primitive unformed matter that is chaos
- God was always there
- God persuaded matter into a state of greater order and complexity, did not control it
