The God of the
mature
As a bion, that is to say, a living system
such as a human, matures, its notion of the world as creative process and its
role
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The 1 basic rules set that regulates chaos
(i.e. max. entropy) into order (i.e. min. entropy), e.g. the wholly
transcendent God (‘Ēlî) of Abraham, still
guiding and controlling immature Judaism, Islam and the bulk of
Christianity, remains incomplete (i.e. unfulfilled) until applied to a ‘2nd.’
Gödel rightly proved that 1 (i.e. a whole or quantum by itself) is
incomplete, hence that “A single point cannot be
grasped.” (Victor, 1980)
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therein changes. Immature bions experience regulation (i.e.
Guide and Control) as external (and mostly personal). Consequently the
immature believe that God (the ultimate ruler (or rules set) as primal
‘father’) is transcendent (and great in every way). For them, creation
happens top-down. Mature bions, now self-regulating,
experience themselves as God (i.e. as non-personal rules set being fully
applied). For the mature human God-as-nano-basic-rules-set
is not imminent but applies itself as the whole local expression of God, i.e.
of the set of unreal rules that turns real chaos into real order. For them,
creation, meaning adaption to selected accidents, happens bottom-up. Maturation brings about a paradigm shift
in the notion of God-as-rules-set (or algorithm). For the immature, God, fully complete,
reigns in heaven and gradually lifts up. For the mature, God evolves
gradually upwards from the hell of incompleteness.
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Immature God
experience
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Transition
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Mature
God experience
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External
regulation
by
‘One’
‘God is 1’
(monotheism)
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Self-regulation
by ‘2
to n’
‘All
are God’
(pantheism)
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Complete
Omniscient
Omni-potent
Perfect
in every way
Everlasting
more
…
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Perfect
Incomplete
Unfulfilled
Imperfect
Momentary
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Fulfilment
experienced as heaven
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Unfulfilment
experienced as hell
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From
completeness
via
incompleteness
to
completeness
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From
incompleteness (i.e. dust)
to
completeness
to
incompleteness (i.e. dust)
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The
world is designed,
pre-selected
evolution,
on-going
(hence analogue),
relative
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The
world happens as accident, i.e. as random, self-selected
(by virtue of being
‘fitter’) evolution
of
series
of absolute
(hence quantised)
moments
“The right
way is the untrodden.
It becomes
the wrong way when you’ve stepped on it.”
(Victor 1974)
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God
is perfect but incomplete
Developments in
the notion of God
More about
completeness/incompleteness
© 2016 Victor Langheld
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