Materializing Spirituality
I think, roughly speaking, the evolutionary, historical and self-consciousness narrative moves in stages from narrow unconscious-self-interest (primitive man) to kin-interest and group interest (paganism) to the rejection of self-interest (traditional religion) to supremacist self-interest (racial nationalism) to inter-group self-interest (variety in ethnostates ) and to the evolution toward Godhood of all ethnostates (Evolutionary Christianity). The narrative or evolution ends at Godhood.
Various groups and nations are at various stages in this evolutionary narrative, but the direction is upward in this way, but can decline of course. Consciousness and knowledge advanced this way. Godhood or the Absolute is not crucified, as in Hegel's narrative, or sacrificed, as in paganism , but is transformed in evolution. This is theological materialism.
I think, roughly speaking, the evolutionary, historical and self-consciousness narrative moves in stages from narrow unconscious-self-interest (primitive man) to kin-interest and group interest (paganism) to the rejection of self-interest (traditional religion) to supremacist self-interest (racial nationalism) to inter-group self-interest (variety in ethnostates ) and to the evolution toward Godhood of all ethnostates (Evolutionary Christianity). The narrative or evolution ends at Godhood.
Various groups and nations are at various stages in this evolutionary narrative, but the direction is upward in this way, but can decline of course. Consciousness and knowledge advanced this way. Godhood or the Absolute is not crucified, as in Hegel's narrative, or sacrificed, as in paganism , but is transformed in evolution. This is theological materialism.
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