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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