It seems that one has to lean toward Nominalism on the one hand, yet allow Anselm's Ontological Proof on the other hand. We do this in the Evolutionary Christian Church (ECC) with the Two Paths.
The Involutionary Inward Path is the Path leaning toward ontological proof which says that God can be seen in the mind--we would say seen in the Zenith of the Mind which is the Soul. But this is not the complete God, or a complete understanding of God, although many mystics have seen God this way using reason, common sense, intuition, insight and even revelation.
The Evolutionary Outward Path says that the God of “things” the God leaning toward the nominalists, actually exists as a Supreme Thing, a Supreme Object, which we can evolve to through material-supermaterial evolution. This holds out the promise of scientific proof of Godhood. Reality does exist as “things” and there is a Supreme Thing called God, Who, after must mystical work we can partially see or experience in the mind.
This is how we close the age-old debate. Accepting only one of these Paths limits the understanding of Godhood. Accepting both Paths gives one the whole picture of God in human history, evolution and Tradition, the God of both spiritualism and materialism.
ECC also contains the dynamic of “faith seeking understanding” as we see The Great Pattern in material evolution teleologically, leading from the simple to the complex, from lower consciousness to higher consciousness all the way to Godhood in the cosmos, the God first seen in the mind.
The Two Paths also close the separation of Spirit and Matter in Gnosticism, the Dark-Light dichotomy of Tradition, and the Unconscious-Conscious conflict in psychology.
The Involutionary Inward Path is the Path leaning toward ontological proof which says that God can be seen in the mind--we would say seen in the Zenith of the Mind which is the Soul. But this is not the complete God, or a complete understanding of God, although many mystics have seen God this way using reason, common sense, intuition, insight and even revelation.
The Evolutionary Outward Path says that the God of “things” the God leaning toward the nominalists, actually exists as a Supreme Thing, a Supreme Object, which we can evolve to through material-supermaterial evolution. This holds out the promise of scientific proof of Godhood. Reality does exist as “things” and there is a Supreme Thing called God, Who, after must mystical work we can partially see or experience in the mind.
This is how we close the age-old debate. Accepting only one of these Paths limits the understanding of Godhood. Accepting both Paths gives one the whole picture of God in human history, evolution and Tradition, the God of both spiritualism and materialism.
ECC also contains the dynamic of “faith seeking understanding” as we see The Great Pattern in material evolution teleologically, leading from the simple to the complex, from lower consciousness to higher consciousness all the way to Godhood in the cosmos, the God first seen in the mind.
The Two Paths also close the separation of Spirit and Matter in Gnosticism, the Dark-Light dichotomy of Tradition, and the Unconscious-Conscious conflict in psychology.
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