God as Creative Evolution

By: ChironRainbow Mood: full of life Date: 07/15/2008 18:43:24 Music: None

Creation or evolution? From my own gnostic point of view:  Both. And neither. I see God as the living cosmos, timeless and beyond the concept of existence, somewhat like a giant cell composed of theory itself. She/He/It is the intelligent design, both creator and creation. This is not a strictly naturalistic or pantheistic view. The "rock from which you are hewn" of Isaiah 51:1 can be equated to the central, intangible power source and blueprint for this entire design which it encompasses. That central power, that "rock" is what we usually refer to as God, and rightly so, but He/She/It is also the design itself, or what Jesus calls the kingdom of God. This seems to me both humbling as well as empowering, in perfect accord with the spirit of Jesus' life and teachings.

Transcendent theory itself is not only another name for God, but is the universal unifier for which physicists search. It/She/He contains existence within its Self while negating within its own void (hell, in religious terms) that which is not true to its Self. Within this transcendent cosmic organism, life flows in a series of changing scenes as though it were a giant theoretical video. No technician or divine intervention is needed to create this magic, since it is simply part of the nature of the living Organism itself. Its central, intangible power resides in all parts of the organism (or body of Christ, as Paul the apostle put it) and lives out but does not plan the story.

Orthodox Christians may object that this makes Christ unnecessary. It does make a sin-centered type of redemption useless, since evil has no legitimate function in the theoretical organism and therefore no place in reality. The effort we put into making that fact known (by rejecting evil, enforcing laws, etc.) is the only reality when we find ourselves in a nightmare situation. Jesus' death and resurrection do have redemptive value in this sense. They stand as heaven-centered archetypes or beacons of the harmless pause and play functions of life and death, illness and healing, in a perfect world. Believing this, of course, requires mystical faith and/or a scientific knowledge exceeding current existence-based models. Living it requires sacrifice with a positive attitude--not the kind that accepts hell on earth, but the kind that accepts our mystical and preemptive victory over it.