Tuesday, May 05, 2020
Where morality comes from in theological materialism
Theological
materialism begins with the evolution of life and the biological
origin of social behavior, as studied by the science of sociobiology,
and then projects from there the broad assumption that evolution
moves inevitably in a pattern, even though it has its random
elements, and the pattern has a discernible direction, in spite of
instances of stagnation and retreat, toward higher and higher more
effective living forms, all the way to ascending levels of Godhood.
Theological
materialism affirms Raymond Cattell in his courageous
work in developing morality and religion from science, and affirms
the courageous historical/political work of Wilmot Robertson in
developing ethnostatism.
Theological
materialism synthesizes the revealed religions and paganism along with sociobiology. The
Inward God or the Father Within is seen as the first glimpse of
Godhood, but that beatific vision, like nirvana, was/is a peak
material experience brought on by severe ascetic restrictions of the
body, and not a spiritual transcendence of the natural material
functions; that vision is retained but transformed in the material
evolution to real supermaterial Godhood. And from paganism
theological materialism synthesizes the cultivating
of wisdom, strength, beauty, health, overcoming, and man becoming
noble by nature and evolution.
That
is where morality comes from in theological materialism, harmonizing
with the biological origin of our social behavior and the
biologically origin of human nature, which is universally
kin-centered, group/ethnic selecting, gender defined, age-graded, heterosexual,
marriage-making, religious-making, among other
conservative things. That can lead us to affirm an
ethnopluralism of ethnostates in politics, evolutionary realism in
art, and theological materialism in religion and philosophy, as all groups
evolve toward ascending levels of Godhood.
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