The ineffable and what that has to do with humanity

M.R. Holt

Description

This is a book about the identities of godship, the nature of reality, utility of belief, and the understanding of consciousness. This book is designed for those leaving or renegotiating their faith and redefining or reappraising their identities and by extension that of god’s. And thus it functions as A critique of societies and the gods who created them. From neuroscience and biological anthropology to social injustice and the history of modern culture this book will attempt to help the reader deconstructing the socioeconomic, political, patriarchally religious identities they’ve adopted from their corresponding cultures.
“We did not leave Christianity because we wanted to “sin”, we left because we found the entire institution to be morally repugnant and we refused to be complicit in bringing about a heaven built of someone else’s hell. It is not death we fear, but living under tyranny.”
This is not another argument for or against the existence of god but rather an examination of the phenomena often attributed to god and a discussion about each culture and ages claims about those gods identities. From biological anthropology and evolutionary psychology to sociology and the humanities. This book can best be described as A mixture of science and poetry surrounding one of the deepest cosmological question known to man. pondering the meaning of life.

Sujets

• Life Sciences
• Sciences et techniques
• Religión
• Neuroscience
• Religion
• Science
• Neurosciences

Informations

• Publié par: AuthorHouse
• Date de parution: 29 juin 2023
• Nombre de lectures: 0
• EAN13: 9798823011136
• Langue: English

Extrait

The ineffable and what that has to do with humanity
 
 
Deconstructing the identities of gods and man
 
 
 
By M.R.Holt
 
 
 
 
 
 
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Published by AuthorHouse 06/28/2023
 
ISBN: 979-8-8230-1114-3 (sc)
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CONTENTS
Introduction
Disclaimer
Poem
Chapter 1 The gods of old
Chapter 2 The gene and the genius. physics, ethics and the anatomy of the cosmos
Chapter 3 The idol and the ideal
Chapter 4 The intuitive spirit, the nature of god or the god of nature?
Chapter 5 Humanity and Messiah, those who bare gods image
Chapter 6 The ineffable spirit
Chapter 7 Completion an wholistic world view
Conclusion faith or fiction?
INTRODUCTION
This book was written to aid those deconstructing religion and resolving its corresponding traumas. It’s intended audience is those leaving the Christian faith. I say this as a warning, because as hurtful as those traditions have been and as many people as they have hurt. They have also helped just as many, if not more. And tho (as you will soon discover) the existence of some cosmic hell or eternal torment is highly unlikely and even virtually impossible. The philosophical one we face by leaving religious paradigms is very real. You don’t leave the comfort and security of such religious ideas unless you have to. But for those who have been hurt or refuse to be complicit in that abuse perpetrated by religion and its blood thirsty god, then this book is a victory cry. For those abandoning a hierarchical system in favor of a more inclusive and wholistic one. There is no choice but to leave. This book is for those leaving their faith in the name of truth and compassion. Tho no one is coming to save you. There is hope and virtue beyond the existence of some traditional conception of god and man.
“I truly believe that this world will be fixed when we learn to appreciate the “broken things” we were taught to regard with fear or hatred. When we embrace the chaos which threatens to destroy only that which divided us against them, and gave us belonging in a hierarchy by separating us from the equilibrium of the whole. For Every lie we told because we were taught our authentic selfs were something to be ashamed of and would not be accepted, let us incite chaos! Because intolerance of mutability is not a sign of immensity but rather one of insecurity.” I truly believe in a love with the capacity to validate every expression of life simply for being what it is and not dependent upon its utility.”
To start off let us lay the foundation.
Order is created by establishing identity, assigning meaning and value to things. Labeling this as holy and that as cursed, this as belonging here and that as strange. This is why faith is the president for obtaining salvation “Sotor” (the Greek word for preserve) as a means of solidifying or holding together those values preserved thru tradition.
We see this mythically depicted in the genesis poems in the role of “god” as the one who separate the heavens from the earth, the holy form the cursed, And the men from the beasts. We see this again embodied in the ark which also classifies its species of animal from the incalculable flood of chaos (depicted in the genesis poem as the primordial chaos waters or abyss). Or at the Tower of Babel where difference in definition divides mankind. This idea of order here is not a manifestation of mater but an distinction between its states. And thus Chaos only threatens to destroy the boundaries which divide the whole against itself. I would here warn my reader. Because as is the case with all knowledge, also comes the threat of death to our illusions of identity and meaning. The revelation is also an apocalypse.
I have no desire to take a faith which has comforted and guided. but rather to comfort those who have been hurt by these identities of god an man. And these values which have striped so many of self worth. And so This book shall be a dissection of those identities and phenomena which have often been attributed to god and godship.
This is a continuation of the discussion started in the book (what it means to be human and what that has to do with the ineffable)
And If the last book accounted our exodus from Egypt and exile in the wilderness, then in this book we shall be going toe to toe with Jericho and acknowledging that there is in fact a land of abundance on the other side of that impregnable city which is religion. Because after all, we did have to leave Egypt but we were never meant to stay in the wilderness. The goal has always been a bigger more inclusive, comprehensive and compassionate world view unrestrained by those structures and distinctions which had taken the diversity and regarded it as dichotomy. And so without further to do. Let us begin
In it’s most ancient forms the cosmology of gods ranged anywhere from deifying ancestral and political figures to attributing mental agency to systematic phenomenas in our environment. And tho I will not be giving much authoritative credence to these patriarchal perceptions of god solely intended to retain authoritative designations of meaning and value thru the omnipotent claim of power and might and often establish thru the divine right to rule of some conquering king or Caesar. I will be going into much detail in regards to the seemingly prolific muse posited in our subconscious. Here I favor the holy messenger who invites us to grow beyond the malevolent master who requires glory and praise. As my reader will soon discover, this claim of being “made in the image of god” has far more to do with our ability to negate our instincts and govern our own nature and behavior, then it dose with being physically constructed in gods likeness. This does not denote the “design” by which our anatomy consist, but rather that as my reader will soon see, our mutability played a more positively vital role in our development then it did a derogatory one. For we like all life on earth were not merely manifest but instead evolved slowly and gradually over trial and error. For which there is ample evidence to affirm this widely accepted claim.
And so we are not seeking a creator so far as that pertains to immaculate conception. but instead as that of an incessant muse and messenger persistently prompting us towards more comprehensive and compassionate forms of life.
DISCLAIMER
“One of the most beautiful things about deconstruction is the new found grace to be wrong, to change your mind, and to ultimately find better ways of understanding and interacting in and with the world. Because when we are no longer required to be right all the time, we are free to do what’s right.”
Dear reader There is virtually no turn of phrase which I have constructed that I haven’t then come back some time later and rearticulated in a better way. And yet without the tribulations of the journey there can be no final destination. However I would argue that a finished conclusion is a myth, because it assumes we ever understand anything as it relates to everything else. Of corse I’m going to be wrong. And I don’t really think it’s a problem to make a claim in one book and then come back 6 months later and have completely changed your mind on the subject. In fact I think it’s more problematic if you don’t alter your world view in light of new information. That does not then make my previous statement false. but rather only partially incomplete. A problematic conclusion is not necessarily bad. but any conclusion that claims to be final or omnipotent is more then problematic but incomplete. We are not subject to our beliefs, we get to change our minds and we should ideally constantly be confronting new information which often seems contradictory to our previous conclusions. This is why it is important not to label ourselves in accordance to our beliefs and restrictively attach our meaning to a paradigm. I will miss speak and I will also speak truth that contradicts previous claims which are also true. And I will do this simply because I am more concerned with being honest then I am about being “right”. We are here to discover and rediscover life, for that is the very nature of life eternal or “true life” as Jesus use to call it. Language changes, meanings change, all living organisms evolve and adapt, and further more so do healthy beliefs. Ultimately this idea of perfection as stationary, static, and sterile, is innately flawed. If my reader is looking for a binary system, then it should be clear that you have come to the wrong place. But if my reader is looking for a land of abundance and truth unrestrained by a binary view of life. Then this is the book for you. This book shall function as an imperfect attempt at finding a more inclusive and comprehensive world view then that of a dichotomous belief system. With that said, I welcome you on this messy journey as we ponder the quest