I can see the big bang theory in the Bible myself. I see the Universe as God as to me everything in the Universe, every atom is part of a living God thats envolving.
You're certainly not alone here, peaceandkarma!
I think this is the more enlightened viewpoint. Science already tells us this, in fact. Religion(s) which can't see this ... ah, well they'll be left behind. And in that sense, as far as the literalists go, or those who still can't make the pieces fit ...
so will they.
Our evolution seems to progress, in both material and spiritual respects, and I believe that this is as
God would have it. Anything less is an insult to the very notion of in Intelligent, Loving [let alone Purposeful and Powerful] Deity.
Some, however, are blinded in their grasp of things, because they cannot break free of a certain mold. So when it comes to evolution, or trying to match metaphysical thinking to
more practical, scientific thinking, they won't even consider how close science has come to telling us straight information about the nature of God.
After all, if God is revealed [even in PART] via
the Cosmos, as God's `Creation' [or expression], then a study of the latter will eventually reveal to us something regarding the former. In the study of Humanity, too, we will learn a great deal regarding both God and also regarding the Cosmos. A wise man knows that all of these are
inextricably linked.
It may be true that we can fathom planets wherein no material physical evolution has [yet] arisen, just as we can contemplate a type of
spiritual evolution wherein mankind exists
without having as yet descended into the material world. This is the error of the evolutionists ~ and plenty of other thinkers alike ~ who can
only see Humanity as somehow rising ...
from ashes and dust.
The material world is the
LAST in the order of Creation; but then, any man familiar with esoteric teachings would not debate this. ANY person familiar with the Mysteries [here I refer to the
Lesser Mysteries] is well aware that Humanity does not simply come into being
ex nihilo, or because some combination of cells and atoms in the physical world reached
a certain level of complexity [through ANY agency] ... thereby attaining to the sophistication necessary for Deity to
breathe life into him.
The Mysteries have always taught, in every religion of the globe and in every time period, that Humanity most certainly evolves
through progressive spiritual and material evolution toward definite
Goals and
Purposes ... as set forth and defined by Hierarchies [Orders] of Beings Whom and which are most capable of guiding and directing us. This being the case, it comes to be understood by anyone paying attention that the material and the spiritual worlds
parallel each other in terms of their progression, since one literally uses the other as its means of expression. In modern terminology, these are sometimes referred to as the
interior and the exterior aspects of our being ... or the
exoteric world and the esoteric. Some will know this via paraphrasal of the Hermetic Axiom: `As above, so below;
as within, so without.'
Be wary of that man who will distort these meanings, place his
own interpretation upon them to suit his [mistaken] interpretations of scripture, or otherwise
misrepresent what we already know regarding material and spiritual evolution. His efforts, even where well-intentioned and well-motivated, will simply lead astray any who attempt to follow them. It is a case of forcing
round pegs into square holes, for in his case, he not only
begins with a complete misunderstanding of what he is trying to match on the one hand [a
round peg, rather than a square one] ... but he also has a fundamental lack in the notion of what a
hole is, on the other [yes, they can be squared, but most of us recognize them as otherwise].
So, while it's putting the cart before the horse for strict
Darwinian evolutionists, or even for modern scientists who view this question via the lens of modern evolutionary theory ... I think an astute observer can see
through obvious evidence [somehow
lacking to the materialists and atheists] that indeed, we are
tending toward something. That's a general statement, but insofar as it goes, I would agree even with the most narrow-minded of Creationists.
Of COURSE the Cosmos is
Intelligently guided, born of
a Loving Being [or `Creator'] ... and tending toward a
Purpose [far beyond our ken, yet even affecting our tiny little globe, as well as
every life upon it!]. Conclusions beyond that, however, will be different for a deist or a theist than for the
pantheists or panentheists among us; and hylozoists [panpsychists] such as myself, Nick, A. Theos and others here at IO will try and remind us of certain concepts ... and do our best to elucidate them or raise questions as to,
"Why not this?" whenever such discussions as the present one arise.
cheers,
~andrew
