I think of evolution from the inward
perspective perhaps even more than the outward perspective. Evolution
is the activation and struggle of life to exploit or control its
outside environment so that life can successfully survive, reproduce,
etc. Life is not always successful in this struggle, and sometimes
life is forced to mutate and change due to its environment. But it
is that essential (divine) desire to survive and live that is a
central evolutionary, and religious, force.
That is where the Twofold Path in
theological materialism comes from. The Inward Path does not see
God, it sees or experiences that divine yet material inward spark of
life, whereas the Outward Path of life seeks a way in the environment
to honor its inward activation and successfully evolve all the way to
supermaterial---not spiritual---Godhood.
I see conservative reasons to retain
the traditional religious first imperfect glimpses of "Godhood"
in their traditional inward paths, which is transformed by the
Outward Path of natural material evolution to supermaterial Godhood.
Religion, science and the cultural ethos can join in the old hope of a
consilience and unity of knowledge.
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