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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