What does early Christian philosophy imply about our relationship to the Causative Force?
Part II of II
... Thus, religion was able to separate ‘evil’ from its picture of a ‘perfectly good’ being. Purpose for life emerged.
Life existed for the purpose of singing praises and bolstering the ego of the Causative Force, an omnipresent, omniscient, omnipotent being.
One of many more paradoxes arose, that of an all present, all knowing, all powerful being needing the reassurance that it was just that.
Philosophy, reason, began its search for eternity, the Causative Force, and an understanding of our relationship to this abstract Force.
Within a thousand years, philosophy began evolving toward the concept of an omnipresent Causative Force, panentheism. And with it came a purpose, aiding the Causative Force to grow.
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Science, observation, began its search for eternity, what lay beyond the universe, the abstract Force which initiated our universe, our reality.
Within a short 500 years, science began evolving towards the concept of entropy – all physical realities must, at some point, come to an end.
This implied there must be a beginning; we were created.
Action and reaction, cause and effect, beginning and end, a Causative Force and Her creation interacting. Science was also coming to the same conclusion.