Thursday, May 10, 2012

Combining the religious and secular perspectives on Godhood


In Wilson's new book (The Social Conquest of Earth) he asks the old question, was man made in the image of God, or was God made in the image of man? Wilson points out that this shows the difference between religion and science-based secularism.

But the answer is: neither. Godhood is made by the evolution of man to Godhood. This combines the religious and secular perspectives. Godhood is possible but we must evolve to Godhood in the material and supermaterial world.

Answering the other old question as to why the universe was created can also combine the religious and secular perspectives: the universe is designed for evolving Gods, beginning in the Primal Material and evolving all the way to Godhood, for some, and beginning again in the Primal Material for others.

Religion and science can then both affirm adherence to the common good of evolution to Godhood, which harmonizes sociobiology and religion, because religion is seen by science as an expression that helps bond tribalism, but it can also be seen religiously as the naturalistic sacred path to Godhood, for all groups, in a competitive but reasonably Ordered Evolution.

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