How theological materialism takes life and culture beyond the realm of “fitness” alone

Nietzsche thought power was related to our love of the beautiful, but I think that is an idea twice removed from reality. The life drive toward success in survival and reproduction, and the sacred activation of life to evolve toward Godhood come before the power drive, which only can enhance these goals. Godhood is defined as the highest beauty, but unlike the Ancient Greeks, and most theology, I don't separate beauty from the material or supermaterial world which evolves toward Godhood---the living object is vastly more important than the idea of a thing.

George Sorel might have applied this sacred narrative or myth whether it was real or not to advance his worldview, but the evolution toward Godhood is not merely a pragmatic social strategy, or an opiate of the people, it defines the reality of life and living, and it leads to the philosophy of theological materialism. Scientific validation for the sacred drive toward Godhood may come in the future.

The higher moral right is the evolution to Godhood, and secondary to that are the drives for successful survival and reproduction and power. This deepens sociobiological formulas and brings science into religion. This gives a goal to scientific naturalism. This revives religion. This takes life and culture beyond the realm of “fitness” alone.