Friday, January 18, 2019

Gravity, Theology, Evolution

In Ancient Cosmology, the relation between Heaven and Earth is literally that of above-below.  So, the Theological interpretation of the Human species as 'fallen' is originally likewise literal, as is, hence, the possibility of 'rising' via Salvation. Now, the 'higher'-'lower' contrast in Biology that corresponds to that between 'more complex' and 'less complex' is figurative, as is, therefore, the characterization of a development from the latter to the former as an 'ascent'.  In other words, Evolution is seemingly figuratively antithetical to Christian Theology.  Now, the discovery that objects accelerate towards the Earth at a constant rate can be appreciated as theoretical fact.  But, the latter also converts into a practical formula that expresses what is required to counter that acceleration, i. e. to literally 'ascend'.  So, the actualization of that formula as, at the same time, that of a Species departing from its Environment constitutes a convergence of Modern Physics and Evolutionism.  The convergence thus recovers the literal inversion that underlies the apparently figurative antithesis of Evolutionism to Christian Theology.

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