Friday, October 13, 2006  Ideas on Modern Theology  The One-God
theory, the principle position of modern theology, exists as,
what I believe is, an attempt to unify and synthesize both
religious experience and divinity itself. The tendency for
civilizations to move from animist to polytheistic to
pantheistic to monotheistic is circumstantial evidence in
support of this point. While this is not a universal social
pattern, it has occurred often enough to make us question the
reasons why monotheism has occurred. Is monotheism a better
reflection of human experience than polytheism? If it isn’t,
then why have so many civilizations moved toward monotheistic
theologies?  Philosophy and Theology have demonstrated a
tendency to move toward unification and synthesis as to
establish a structured and consistent worldview; but I question
whether or not human experience warrants such an ambition.
Modern science suggests that the universe is indeed ordered and
dependant upon natural law, and it is not ridiculous to ask whe