Why did William of Ockham believe the order of nature could have been different?

William of Ockham believed the order of nature could have been different because he emphasized the absolute freedom and omnipotence of God.12

Unlike other philosophers who argued that God created the universe according to preconceived divine ideas or models, Ockham maintained that God fashions the universe exactly as He wishes. Because the current natural order is a result of God’s free choice rather than a necessity, Ockham reasoned that it could have been structured otherwise. For instance, he suggested that fire could have been created to cool rather than heat, and that God could have established a different moral order, such as making the act of hating Him meritorious rather than loving Him.12

This perspective was central to his rejection of the necessitarianism found in Greco-Islamic philosophy, as it underscored that the world is contingent upon the divine will.12