Materialisme en de uitdaging voor religie, filosofie en het geloof van Jezus
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Deze pagina is een tijdelijke werkversie. Hier verzamelen we kerncitaten uit het verhaal over materialisme en noteren we welke hoofdstukken later nog verder kunnen worden uitgewerkt, met name de uitgebreide behandeling in Paper 195.
Voorlopige opbouw van de definitieve pagina
- Wat met “materialisme” wordt bedoeld in het verhaal
- Materialisme als filosofisch dilemma (en de relatie tot pantheïsme)
- Materialisme en het mensbeeld: persoonlijkheid, ziel en voortbestaan
- Materialisme, mechanisme en de beperkingen van een puur wetenschappelijke kijk
- Materialisme als geestelijke bedreiging: waardenblindheid en spirituele verarming
- Paper 195: materialisme, secularisme en de kwetsbaarheid van een mechanistisch wereldbeeld
- Vooruitwijzing: waarom de leringen van Jezus uiteindelijk “triumferen”
Materialisme als filosofisch dilemma
Paper 1 — The Universal Father (1:5.11)
To deny the personality of the First Source and Center leaves one only the choice of two philosophic dilemmas: materialism or pantheism.
Paper 1 — The Universal Father (1:5.12)
The corporeality error is shown in both extremes of human philosophy. In materialism, since man loses his body at death, he ceases to exist as a personality; in pantheism, since God has no body, he is not, therefore, a person.
Materialisme als valsheid in “wetenschap” en als verarming van menselijk bestaan
Paper 2 — The Nature of God (2:7.4)
The false science of materialism would sentence mortal man to become an outcast in the universe.
Paper 56 — Universal Unity (56:10.4)
Hence materialism, atheism, is the maximation of ugliness, the climax of the finite antithesis of the beautiful.
Materialisme en de spanning tussen waarheid en abstractie in de wetenschappen
Paper 12 — The Universe of Universes (12:9.5)
Your science is engaged in the agelong contest between truth and error while it fights for deliverance from the bondage of abstraction, the slavery of mathematics, and the relative blindness of mechanistic materialism.
Materialisme als sociale en spirituele trend
Paper 70 — The Evolution of Human Government (70:2.12)
1. The strong drift toward materialism, spiritual blindness.
Paper 91 — The Evolution of Prayer (91:1.6)
The dangers attendant upon the distortion and perversion of prayer consist in ignorance, superstition, crystallization, devitalization, materialism, and fanaticism.
Materialisme en het vervuilen van het Godsbeeld
Paper 102 — The Foundations of Religious Faith (102:4.4)
The element of error present in human religious experience is directly proportional to the content of materialism which contaminates the spiritual concept of the Universal Father.
Materialisme, volwassen logica en de verhouding tussen feit en waarheid
Paper 102 — The Foundations of Religious Faith (102:6.9)
Intelligent men should cease to reason like children and should attempt to use the consistent logic of adulthood, logic which tolerates the concept of truth alongside the observation of fact. Scientific materialism has gone bankrupt when it persists, in the face of each recurring universe phenomenon, in refunding its current objections by referring what is admittedly higher back into that which is admittedly lower.
Paper 102 — The Foundations of Religious Faith (102:6.10)
The higher any scientist progresses in his chosen science, the more will he abandon the theories of materialistic fact in favor of the cosmic truth of the dominance of the Supreme Mind. Materialism cheapens human life; the gospel of Jesus tremendously enhances and supernally exalts every mortal.
Materialisme als kosmische vertekening
Paper 103 — The Reality of Religious Experience (103:6.5)
A logical and consistent philosophic concept of the universe cannot be built up on the postulations of either materialism or spiritism, for both of these systems of thinking, when universally applied, are compelled to view the cosmos in distortion, the former contacting with a universe turned inside out, the latter realizing the nature of a universe turned outside in.
Paper 103 — The Reality of Religious Experience (103:8.6)
Philosophy, to be of the greatest service to both science and religion, should avoid the extremes of both materialism and pantheism. Only a philosophy which recognizes the reality of personality—permanence in the presence of change—can be of moral value to man, can serve as a liaison between the theories of material science and spiritual religion.
Materialisme en persoonlijkheid: de ervaring van bewustzijn
Paper 112 — Personality Survival (112:2.12)
To build a philosophy of the universe on an exclusive materialism is to ignore the fact that all things material are initially conceived as real in the experience of human consciousness.
Vooruitwijzing: bevrijding van materialisme
Paper 20 — The Paradise Sons of God (20:9.1)
They will be due to appear on Urantia after its inhabitants have gained comparative deliverance from the shackles of animalism and from the fetters of materialism.
Paper 195: Materialisme
Paper 195 — After Pentecost (195:6)
6. Materialism
Paper 195 — After Pentecost (195:6.2)
No matter what the apparent conflict between materialism and the teachings of Jesus may be, you can rest assured that, in the ages to come, the teachings of the Master will fully triumph.
Paper 195 — After Pentecost (195:6.8)
Materialism reduces man to a soulless automaton and constitutes him merely an arithmetical symbol finding a helpless place in the mathematical formula of an unromantic and mechanistic universe.
Paper 195 — After Pentecost (195:6.14)
The fact of the absolute mechanism of Paradise at the center of the universe of universes, in the presence of the unqualified volition of the Second Source and Center, makes forever certain that determiners are not the exclusive law of the cosmos. Materialism is there, but it is not exclusive; mechanism is there, but it is not unqualified; determinism is there, but it is not alone.
Paper 195: De kwetsbaarheid van materialisme
Paper 195 — After Pentecost (195:7)
7. The Vulnerability of Materialism
Paper 195 — After Pentecost (195:7.8)
Without the consciousness of the concept of values within the spirit-born mind, the fact of universe materialism and the mechanistic phenomena of universe operation would be wholly unrecognized by man.
Paper 195 — After Pentecost (195:7.13)
A self-conscious and avowed mechanist is the best possible answer to mechanism. If materialism were a fact, there could be no self-conscious mechanist. It is also true that one must first be a moral person before one can perform immoral acts.
Paper 195 — After Pentecost (195:7.14)
The very claim of materialism implies a supermaterial consciousness of the mind which presumes to assert such dogmas.
Paper 195 — After Pentecost (195:7.21)
In language, an alphabet represents the mechanism of materialism, while the words expressive of the meaning of a thousand thoughts, grand ideas, and noble ideals—of love and hate, of cowardice and courage—represent the performances of mind within the scope defined by both material and spiritual law, directed by the assertion of the will of personality, and limited by the inherent situational endowment.
Paper 195: Materialisme, secularisme en de moderne wereld
Paper 195 — After Pentecost (195:8.1)
But even after materialism and mechanism have been more or less vanquished, the devastating influence of twentieth-century secularism will still blight the spiritual experience of millions of unsuspecting souls.
Paper 195 — After Pentecost (195:8.4)
The tyrannical and dictatorial political state is the direct offspring of scientific materialism and philosophic secularism. Secularism no sooner frees man from the domination of the institutionalized church than it sells him into slavish bondage to the totalitarian state.
Paper 195 — After Pentecost (195:8.5)
Materialism denies God, secularism simply ignores him; at least that was the earlier attitude.
Paper 195 — After Pentecost (195:8.13)
And this is only the beginning of the dire harvest of materialism and secularism; still more terrible destruction is yet to come.
Paper 195 — After Pentecost (195:9.3)
The teachings of Jesus, even though greatly modified, survived the mystery cults of their birthtime, the ignorance and superstition of the dark ages, and are even now slowly triumphing over the materialism, mechanism, and secularism of the twentieth century. And such times of great testing and threatened defeat are always times of great revelation.
Werknotitie: vervolgactie
Deze stub bevat nu kerncitaten over materialisme verspreid over meerdere papers, plus de uitgebreide behandeling in Paper 195. De volgende stap is om de citaten thematisch te groeperen (mensbeeld, persoonlijkheid, wetenschap, secularisme, waarden, determinisme) en er korte toelichtingen bij te schrijven, met interne links naar verwante Onderwerpen zoals mind, spirit, persoonlijkheid, secularisme, determinisme en het evangelie van Jezus.
Paper 1 – The Universal Father
1:5.11 (29.1) To deny the personality of the First Source and Center leaves one only the choice of two philosophic dilemmas: materialism or pantheism.
Paper 1 – The Universal Father
1:5.12 (29.2) The corporeality error is shown in both extremes of human philosophy. In materialism, since man loses his body at death, he ceases to exist as a personality; in pantheism, since God has no body, he is not, therefore, a person.
2:7.4 (42.5) The false science of materialism would sentence mortal man to become an outcast in the universe.
Paper 12 – The Universe of Universes
12:9.5 (141.6) Your science is engaged in the agelong contest between truth and error while it fights for deliverance from the bondage of abstraction, the slavery of mathematics, and the relative blindness of mechanistic materialism.
Paper 20 – The Paradise Sons of God
20:9.1 (231.5) They will be due to appear on Urantia after its inhabitants have gained comparative deliverance from the shackles of animalism and from the fetters of materialism.
56:10.4 (646.5) Hence materialism, atheism, is the maximation of ugliness, the climax of the finite antithesis of the beautiful.
Paper 70 – The Evolution of Human Government
70:2.12 (786.3) 1. The strong drift toward materialism, spiritual blindness.
Paper 91 – The Evolution of Prayer
91:1.6 (995.5) The dangers attendant upon the distortion and perversion of prayer consist in ignorance, superstition, crystallization, devitalization, materialism, and fanaticism.
Paper 102 – The Foundations of Religious Faith
102:4.4 (1123.4) The element of error present in human religious experience is directly proportional to the content of materialism which contaminates the spiritual concept of the Universal Father.
Paper 102 – The Foundations of Religious Faith
102:6.9 (1125.4) Intelligent men should cease to reason like children and should attempt to use the consistent logic of adulthood, logic which tolerates the concept of truth alongside the observation of fact. Scientific materialism has gone bankrupt when it persists, in the face of each recurring universe phenomenon, in refunding its current objections by referring what is admittedly higher back into that which is admittedly lower.
Paper 102 – The Foundations of Religious Faith
102:6.10 (1125.5) The higher any scientist progresses in his chosen science, the more will he abandon the theories of materialistic fact in favor of the cosmic truth of the dominance of the Supreme Mind. Materialism cheapens human life; the gospel of Jesus tremendously enhances and supernally exalts every mortal.
Paper 103 – The Reality of Religious Experience
103:6.5 (1135.7) A logical and consistent philosophic concept of the universe cannot be built up on the postulations of either materialism or spiritism, for both of these systems of thinking, when universally applied, are compelled to view the cosmos in distortion, the former contacting with a universe turned inside out, the latter realizing the nature of a universe turned outside in.
Paper 103 – The Reality of Religious Experience
103:8.6 (1140.6) Philosophy, to be of the greatest service to both science and religion, should avoid the extremes of both materialism and pantheism. Only a philosophy which recognizes the reality of personality—permanence in the presence of change—can be of moral value to man, can serve as a liaison between the theories of material science and spiritual religion.
Paper 112 – Personality Survival
112:2.12 (1228.7) To build a philosophy of the universe on an exclusive materialism is to ignore the fact that all things material are initially conceived as real in the experience of human consciousness.
195:6 (2076.6) 6. Materialism
195:6.2 (2076.7) No matter what the apparent conflict between materialism and the teachings of Jesus may be, you can rest assured that, in the ages to come, the teachings of the Master will fully triumph.
195:6.8 (2077.4) Materialism reduces man to a soulless automaton and constitutes him merely an arithmetical symbol finding a helpless place in the mathematical formula of an unromantic and mechanistic universe.
195:6.14 (2077.10) The fact of the absolute mechanism of Paradise at the center of the universe of universes, in the presence of the unqualified volition of the Second Source and Center, makes forever certain that determiners are not the exclusive law of the cosmos. Materialism is there, but it is not exclusive; mechanism is there, but it is not unqualified; determinism is there, but it is not alone.
195:7 (2078.4) 7. The Vulnerability of Materialism
195:7.8 (2079.3) Without the consciousness of the concept of values within the spirit-born mind, the fact of universe materialism and the mechanistic phenomena of universe operation would be wholly unrecognized by man.
195:7.13 (2079.8) A self-conscious and avowed mechanist is the best possible answer to mechanism. If materialism were a fact, there could be no self-conscious mechanist. It is also true that one must first be a moral person before one can perform immoral acts.
195:7.14 (2079.9) The very claim of materialism implies a supermaterial consciousness of the mind which presumes to assert such dogmas.
195:7.21 (2080.6) In language, an alphabet represents the mechanism of materialism, while the words expressive of the meaning of a thousand thoughts, grand ideas, and noble ideals—of love and hate, of cowardice and courage—represent the performances of mind within the scope defined by both material and spiritual law, directed by the assertion of the will of personality, and limited by the inherent situational endowment.
195:8.1 (2081.1) But even after materialism and mechanism have been more or less vanquished, the devastating influence of twentieth-century secularism will still blight the spiritual experience of millions of unsuspecting souls.
195:8.4 (2081.4) The tyrannical and dictatorial political state is the direct offspring of scientific materialism and philosophic secularism. Secularism no sooner frees man from the domination of the institutionalized church than it sells him into slavish bondage to the totalitarian state.
195:8.5 (2081.5) Materialism denies God, secularism simply ignores him; at least that was the earlier attitude.
195:8.13 (2082.5) And this is only the beginning of the dire harvest of materialism and secularism; still more terrible destruction is yet to come.
195:9.3 (2082.8) The teachings of Jesus, even though greatly modified, survived the mystery cults of their birthtime, the ignorance and superstition of the dark ages, and are even now slowly triumphing over the materialism, mechanism, and secularism of the twentieth century. And such times of great testing and threatened defeat are always times of great revelation.