If it is possible for the GOP to be serious, it needs to take a side step on religion. It needs to back away from assertions about God as Creator and move towards God as Reconciler, Synchronizer, or Guider. The notion of a Reconciler avails every moral or political aspect of which we need to make reference, while the notion of a Creator defies intelligible approach in any practical sense. Science has to do with that which is preset according to particular rules, and then deriving those rules. The hand of a Guider (as in evolution driven by consciousness rather than by creationism), behind rules that are preset, may be intuited, but, perhaps by definition, will not be scientifically shown. At outset, is it not contradictory to suppose we should seek to use science to prove that science does not control science? Or that we should seek to derive rules by which to find or control the source or controller of all the rules that bind us?
When people empathize regarding the sovereign will of the collective, they are, in effect, being open to intuitive moral guidance regarding how they should participate as the will behind the collective unfolds. This is what we do when we "lead from behind": try to intuit or discern the best direction, as it unfolds for the herd. Necessarily implied, but oft unstated, is the belief that there does abide a best direction, and that each of us participates with the conscious effort to move towards it. Each perspective of consciousness is attuned to seeking the best direction, as simply a different lens for one consciousness, by which to reconcile the unfolding of that direction. The various Good Books simply avail metaphors by which to relate to that effort. Thus, we are blessed with guidance from above, but there is no mortal prophet to whose will all others should be subjugated --- at least, not in any materially practical or scientific sense.
When people empathize regarding the sovereign will of the collective, they are, in effect, being open to intuitive moral guidance regarding how they should participate as the will behind the collective unfolds. This is what we do when we "lead from behind": try to intuit or discern the best direction, as it unfolds for the herd. Necessarily implied, but oft unstated, is the belief that there does abide a best direction, and that each of us participates with the conscious effort to move towards it. Each perspective of consciousness is attuned to seeking the best direction, as simply a different lens for one consciousness, by which to reconcile the unfolding of that direction. The various Good Books simply avail metaphors by which to relate to that effort. Thus, we are blessed with guidance from above, but there is no mortal prophet to whose will all others should be subjugated --- at least, not in any materially practical or scientific sense.
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One can call a church, seek the path to recovery, and be a hero to one's kids. One can look past the biblical myths and turn to the truths behind the myths. John 1:1. Or, one can abandon one's kids and everything else and opt instead for the fadeout. A person drunk on life may try to control everyone. Even strangers. Even God. That way lies madness. The way to life is to stop trying to control God.
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