George McCartney writes about Pierre De
Fermat (Chronicles, Jan 2017), a 17th century mathematician who
speculated that life follows purpose first before cause
and effect. This is a vital insight which is expanded in theological materialism.
The central purpose of life is to
evolve toward the highest success in being represented in the world
of survival and reproduction, which could be called eternal
representation, or Godhood. Whether life attains Godhood or not, this
is the central definition of the force of life itself.
This sacred purpose within life must
work along with the exigencies and ups and downs of natural
evolution. And there is no end or beginning to this purpose, as difficult as this is for us to accept.
Ted Chaing writes: " A force must
know its destination before it begins its movement." Science
must define the biology and physics of this force, which I have
called the Will-Spirit or Spirit-Will-to-Godhood. Then science could actually join religion.
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