VOL II
SUBSTANCE OVER FORM
The God Dialectic
(The immortality of the idea)
God is a
military weapon
-Author
Introduction
The Trial of God
None
of this comes through any `revelation' etc, merely what can be proved/disproved
dialectically.
If
(as I shall contend) there is a God dialectic, and that its' specific
historical function is clearly definable, it is disingenuous to say the least,
that it will be (and at that, can only be) manifest through some
politician or salesman saying `Trust me(This is how it happened)!'
Be
sure, if any politician relies not on the logic of their position, but instead
demands `trust' `faith', you will eventually have to shoot them.
Intelligent
lifes' mastery of itself will be the greatest (the pivotal) event in the
history of the universe. All else before was randomly inevitable and all else
virtually inevitable afterwards (as a mere linear progression) - right up to
the establishment of an optimal universal equilibrium.
If
a/the God concept is of use to humanity in its struggle to master
itself, humanity can find/prove it. If it is of no use in this struggle,
then humanity can get along pretty well without God - and this will be proof
enough of its' non-existence.
This
is the crucible in which God is to be judged.
To
the cosmologists trying to settle this question therefore, you are digging in
the wrong place.
This
work is not set in stone. Doubtless as I acquire more knowledge and others
(from a variety of standpoints, friendly and decidedly unfriendly) take it
apart - it can and shall be improved.
But
I do contend that it represents a decisive step forward in the resolution of
this question and the very defining of its' historic significance.
1 THE GOD DIALECTIC
(The
philosophical Revolution)
From
the beginnings of the universe/life to the present day, history has followed an
automatic pattern of development:
From the Amoeba to the fall of the last great
plundering entity (Rome); to:
Feudal/capitalist society - Increasingly
dependant on a capacity for internal reform/reconfiguration of forces (as well
as plunder).
Until
a point beyond which, automatic development has become no longer possible. We
have seen in Vol 1 the reasons for the failure of Marxism - being defacto part
of the geo pol/econ regime in that it is contained within its operational
agenda - and we shall examine this again later.
2
questions arise:
How did we get from the entity to the
intermediate position? With a capacity to absorb rationalism (to reconfigurate
the pol/econ internally) - albeit (being the derivative of matter)
subordinate to the hegemony of matter - which made possible the post entity
mode of accumulation and development?
And
how do we progress from where we are now with all potential for automatic
material development (on the basis of the hegemony of matter over
consciousness) exhausted (and with it, the classical Marxian modes of
resistance)? The operational theory was
outlined in Vol1. But this did not explain WHY (the) revolutionary movement
propelled by a martyr-dialectic did not arise like a phoenix automatically out
of the ashes either of Marxism or wider society.
It
is our contention that in both cases a need arose/has arisen, for a
movement/history to be propelled by a martyr- dialectic based on the
Immortality of the Idea. - Cadres drawing on a supra reserve for strength to
prosecute their vision through sacrifice.
In
the first instance subordinate to the hegemony of matter. Which also
therefore arose automatically because there was no other way out but sacrifice
based on a utopian vision of an afterlife - As rebellion was impossible due to
the lack of any class capable of taking Roman society forward.
When
the last great entity (Rome) decomposed, Utopianism served as a medium for the
(supra national) transmission of education, culture, bureaucracy - (propagated
by the feudal church - the expansion of which was propelled by the spread of
utopian vision - instead of merely Caesarist conquest) - an aid to the
fragmentation of power in Europe (between kings/ barons & the Church &
increasingly finance) neccessary to aid the process of capital accumulation (so
that capital accumulation was not under the control of a single plundering
Caesarist entity).
While
the utopian vision served as a means for the spread of a supranational church -
and the consequent fragmentation of power - it did not alter the fundamental
molecular characteristics of this power. - It merely aided its
reconfiguration so that the accumulation of capital could take place under more
dynamic/flexible circumstances. Which in turn required/increasingly came to
depend on classical rationalism/materialism (which increasingly ceased to
require aid from movements based on utopian vision/immortality of the idea) to
flesh out its political, economic and scientific interests.
How
was it that rationalism eclipsed utopianism? All hope in the utopian project
(reborne as an insurgent force - as Roman power was no longer so omnipotent and
there was hope to break from it - violently) - at the end of the Reformation - was eclipsed by the triumph of
capital - which had leant on/exploited violent utopian currents in the struggle
to break free from the remnants of Roman and feudal absolutism. And
consolidated itself against the utopians. Thence (as we shall examine the
process more closely in the next section) it ultimately came to require the
systematic absorption of rationalism/participation of the masses to take
capitalist pol/econ forward.
In
the second instance, in the present period, rationalism which is the derivative
of matter, has decomposed as the material basis of capitalist pol/econ has
decomposed - presenting us with our historic task. Consciousness must now
gain hegemony over matter. This requires a FUSION between rationalist
dialectics and the God Dialectic (of sacrifice).
This
is possible because (with the collapse of automatic material
development) FREE WILL has NOW become a PRIMARY historical factor. But it
requires a philosophical revolution (to go with the revolution in
operational theory) in the consciousness of the decisive portion of humanity
to bring it about.
The
God dialectic is like a satellite around a pulsar. It is not what is there, it
is what is not there (analogous to interruptions in the radio signal),
that is the negative information (eg the abject failure of classical
automatic/institutional modes of struggle), that proves its' existence. The
next section outlines the dialectical evidence more comprehensively.
Without
the philosophical revolution (in human consciousness) - a martyr is merely like
an individual atomic bomb. There will soon be reversion to Marxian forms of
struggle and progressive degeneration thereof.
With
the philosophical revolution - we can set up a chain reaction in the
consciousness of humanity generally. Subversion from above (at the
philosophical level) must combine with subversion from below (at the
operational level); to create the kind of movement capable of doing what must
be done and enduring what must be endured, to remove the fascizing forces from
power.
While
adherence to the dialectical Deist concept can NEVER be a
condition of entry into the movement - this much is certain. NO- ONE can
be a revolutionary that does not recognise that a movement propelled by blood
sacrifice is the only way to overthrow the fascizing forces.