With the advent of modernity, the religious worldview’s belief in an immaterial, eternal supernatural realm became no longer tenable (as we have seen). Reality had proven itself to be inescapably naturalistic and subject to change over time. Whatever “God” might be, it was clear that he could no longer be cognized in such mythic metaphysical terms, but needed to be understood in light of time and flux like everything else.
Emergentism | Lineage: 2. German Idealism
Emergentism | Lineage: 2. German Idealism
Emergentism | Lineage: 2. German Idealism
With the advent of modernity, the religious worldview’s belief in an immaterial, eternal supernatural realm became no longer tenable (as we have seen). Reality had proven itself to be inescapably naturalistic and subject to change over time. Whatever “God” might be, it was clear that he could no longer be cognized in such mythic metaphysical terms, but needed to be understood in light of time and flux like everything else.