Hence, I must assume, since our reality includes intentional minds, must have always had the potential for Intention, which is manifested in the world as the Arrow of Time. The backstory leading up to the Big Bang then, envisions an eternal infinite “field” of potential energy (Ideality) that, for reasons unknown to us, “decides” to create a Reality limited to space & time. In my thesis, I refer to the mechanical Big Bang as a mental Conception, the emergence of a new idea in the form of a world. In traditional religious writings, that invisible energizing vitalizing force is known as Spirit. In the material world, that force is equivalent to physical Energy, which can transform from an intangible pervasive “field” into mundane localized Matter, and can also emerge as Mind. That power or potential is what I refer to in the Enformationism thesis as “EnFormAction”. With that scientific “fact” in mind, I refer to G*D as the “Enformer”, who creates matter from He/r own eternal “substance” (the power to exist, i.e. My metaphysical theory of the origin (creation) of our universe, physically described as a “Big Bang”, is based on the modern concept of metaphysical Information as equivalent to physical Energy (see below). Nevertheless, my attempt to imagine a more comprehensive God-model (god-construct) is better described as PanEnDeism (all within G*D). However, a caterpillar-to-butterfly-to-caterpillar explanation for the existence of the physical environment, that produces & sustains us, may be compatible with PanDeism (all is God), if you assume an infinite cycle of birth & death. So the Clockmaker myth of creation leaves the eternity before & after the metamorphosis unexplained.
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But in the 21st century we need to update that theory to conform to the current understanding that the space-time universe is a on one-way ticket to nowhere.
The classical notion of an eternal spiritual creator who -for no apparent reason - transformed into a material world, was probably grounded on the common 17th century assumption that the universe itself was eternal. This view of “God” might be appealing to quite a few people who have been put off by being either puppets to theism or valueless randomness of atheism. But, for me, modern deism might hold that our creator continues to interact with and from within creation via our natural laws, perhaps most of all through our own consciousness. I suspect that the “clock-maker” view of the creator was an over-reaction to the Christian claim that God intervenes and controls every aspect of our lives, a claim that certainly needs to be challenged because it robs us of human will and responsibility. We also know, scientifically speaking, that “creation” continues, perhaps not as an act of a supernatural Being, but as creative forces in our universe continue to birth new content. Being a parent myself, I’m not sure what kind of “creator” I would be if I impregnated my wife and then abandoned my children to whatever fate life had for them. This, IMO, “cold deism” would not be attractive to many people.
I appreciate your efforts to get beyond the “clock-maker” version of God, Jack.