The beginning of things and the ending
of things are not anthropomorphic, as the birth and death of humans.
The great dynamic flow of evolution goes on endlessly, sometimes seen
as moving in cycles by humans, and sometimes not.
Humans are not pawns of evolution and
history, but the free choices we can make are made within a general
determinism. Human social behavior is mainly
biologically derived. Both freedom and determinism are part of human
history. Evolution makes both might and right.
My own part in this dynamic of ongoing
evolution has been to develop theological materialism, influenced by
the Vedas, the Bible, Darwin, Schopenhauer, Nietzsche, E.O.Wilson,
Russell Kirk, Raymond Cattell, and many others.
In the long term religion, philosophy, culture, and politics are one. The
beginning of first things and the ending of last things are not
really first or last things, they are part of the ongoing evolution
of material life toward supermaterial Godhood.
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