Sunday, November 10, 2019
Theological materialism doesn't mean the natural principles of conservatism are rejected
Can natural knowledge be
joined to supernatural faith? If by supernatural knowledge you mean
knowledge unattached to the natural and material world my answer is
no; no knowledge is unattached to the natural and the material
world, not even the beatific vision of Christianity, or the Samadhi
in Hinduism, which are a peak material experience exaggeratedly
described as a spiritual union with God. There is a material and
existential structure to all truth including religious truth. It is
not enough to be intelligent in looking for the truth, courage and
honesty are also needed, which are mainly character traits needed
because truth doesn't always please powerful people.
But this theological
materialism doesn't mean the natural principles of conservatism are
rejected, Godhood and religion are retained but transformed with the
affirmation of the material evolution toward ascending levels
of supermaterial Godhood. The Twofold Path places the traditional
peak material experience of the beatific vision of Christianity or
the Samadhi of Hinduism in the Inward Path, but transforms it in the
Outward Path of material
evolution to ascending levels of real Godhood. The timeless
wisdom of conservatism is seeing that we stand on the shoulders of
people and knowledge that has has gone before us, and the practical
knowledge of conservatism sees that the radical rejection of customs
and traditions is more destructive than life-giving. It turns out
that material evolution works conservatively too retaining the best
of the past as the new is naturally selected and then genetically
retained.
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