Metaphysics dealing with
abstract concepts like being, knowing, cause, time, and space, has
been largely unreliable, unfounded, nonsensical, and even ridiculous.
“Transcendence-over-function”
in religion and philosophy is not real or possible, but we can
increasingly understand the functions of nature. Even the beatific
vision like nirvana is a peak material experience brought on by
severe ascetic restrictions of the body, and not a transcendence of
the natural material functions.
Thinking “theoretically”
is not transcending nature, even Godhood is a superior beinghood
reached by evolving in the material world to Godhood.
“Freedom” in
philosophy? Nothing is free of the activations of nature, why would
we want to be free of life? We have only freedom to choose
within several determined paths, a talent evolved to help us when we
were being chased by tigers.
In spite of the fictions
of metaphysics we can attain real Godhood and affirm real religion,
but it is a supermaterial Godhood evolved to in the material world,
and a religion that aids us in that sacred goal, along with the help
of science. (theological materialism)
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