The Synthesis

As an exercise in clarity I often try to compress my religious philosophy into a few powerful sentences---here is the latest:

Religion declares that the kingdom of God cannot come from a political platform. But Godhood can evolve from a combination of religion and politics, among other things. The difference comes from defining the Kingdom of God (the Father Within) as within only, and Godhood as evolved to outwardly only. The inward God is the mirror of outward Godhood and not the other way around, as formerly believed. This is the simple good news of the Twofold Path in the the Theoevolutionary Church (TC), which combines the spiritual and the material, where theological materialism defines the spiritual as supermaterial. This brings science and religion together.  This brings the new into the old. This grounds philosophy in the evolving object and not merely in definitions and nonmaterial symbols. This brings religion to culture and politics, which all great civilizations have required if they are to last long. Human beings are capable of this voluntary movement, coercion need not be used. Future evolution of the species will make us even more capable of understanding our evolution to Godhood.