Existence over consciousness, object
over definition, that is the basis for describing being (ontology) in theological materialism, that is the procedure for acquiring and
defining knowledge (epistemology), and hopefully truth.
This does not mean that consciousness
and definition are unimportant, it means the object is more important
than the definition of the object.
We acquire knowledge not by reason
alone, but by intuition, innate ideas, and however. The Age of
Enlightenment, the age of reason in the 18th century was
great, but it was great in the way a computer is great, computer
reasoning is a tool and not the final arbitrator of all morality and
the human condition.
Religion encountered error too much on
the non-reason side, and science encountered error too much on the
reason-side. We require both to find the truth.
Life developed intuition and reason to
advance itself, not the other way around. But life did not develop
these things only for the sake of successful survival and
reproduction, important as they are. I believe it is the will to
evolve to Godhood in nature that defines and activates the basis of existence,
consciousness and causality---that is the zenith of success in
evolution and religion.
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