Theological Science* and Ernst Cassirer, V
In Part IV of my book, I use spiritual atoms to unify and connect God’s world to our finite world. When spiritual atoms are embodied, all finite things are formed. My spiritual atoms are equivalent to the Spirits of Cassirer. And when spiritual atoms are embodied, these embodiments form Life and the infrastructure of Life.
Cassirer connects the concept of ‘Spirit’ to the concept of ‘Life’ the same way I connect God’s world to our world. Like the logical relation between God’s world and our finite world, what-is-posited in the world of Spirit must be denied in the world of Life and what-is-posited in Life must be denied in the world of Spirit.
The energy of God and all finite things and the energy of Spirit and Life can now be seen clearly. I can thus say that the energy of all finite things and Life must be defined as physical energy. Cassirer says that Spirit has no physical energy. But he says that Spirit has some kind of energy. He refers to Spirit’s energy as ‘formative energy.’ I believe that God also has ‘formative energy.
’
Cassirer says that the formative energy of Spirit is actual but only in Spirit. In Spirit, formative energy is used to create a world of images. These images are created in Spirit by reflecting on sensual observations and using symbols and their meanings. Unlike the lower animals, Spirit does not act immediately to sensual observations. I believe that the formative energy of God creates all of the images that Spirit is able to conceive.
Based on the above discussion, the basic nature of man is still unknown by our religions, scientists, logicians, atheists, and governments.
* Theological science unifies scientific thoughts with people’s thoughts about God.
2 Comments:
At 12:35 AM, Becky said…
I want to say thank you for your writings, I really enjoy reading your blogs, and agree with your philosophy. I ran across a website which contains the name of a book that is going to be published in October. The name of the book is titled, "Healing the Rift," and is written by Leo Kim. I think it is wonderful that great scientists can both feel the same way about things. That science and spirituality do coexist.
At 8:48 AM, George Shollenberger said…
response to Becky,
Thanks for your comment and thanks for the book title.
Many people do not realize that a beautiful world exists beyond the survival world.
The current decay of the US economy could show people that money can be counted but has no quality.
George
Post a Comment
<< Home