Wednesday, October 28, 2015
The value of things seen in theological materialism
The Platonic forms and Pauline values
of “things not seen” has been greatly exaggerated in
religion and philosophy. This is not saying that there are no vital
things in the future which we cannot yet see or know, it is saying
that things not seen have become almost the sole basis of existence
and value in religion and philosophy---and in art also.
I emphasize the value of things seen
in religion and philosophy, the value of the object rather than a
definition or form. The zenith, the top priority in things is not a
word, however sacred, and not a definition, but is the object, or
objects, of materiel/supermaterial Godhood reached through material
evolution.
Godhood at this time is, of course, unseen, but is not here understood as a
non-material ideal, formula, word, or mere definition, but is a real
living object or objects at the zenith of material evolution.
The
greater reality here comes in the activation of the
Spirit-Will-To-Godhood within life, which is material, and has a
greater reality than other things in nature, while life interacts
with nature and natural selection in evolution.
So
the theory of theological materialism supplies a more grounded
reality in the evolutionary solutions of existence and values over all. For example, science can enter religion and philosophy once again, and art can get back at least to an evolutionary realism, and material life need not be seen as ultimately fallen or sinful.
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