John Brodix Merryman Jr.
1 min readFeb 7, 2022

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Yes, though in terms of a diety, logically a spiritual absolute would be the essence of sentience, from which we rise, not an ideal of wisdom and judgement, from which we fell. It creates endless social tension to assume our ideals are absolutes.

As the opposite of the absolute is the infinite, we cycle between expansion and consolidation, laying down layers of structure, like the seasons.

In fact, the Trinity came from the Greek year gods cycle. The son reborn in the spring, of the sky god and earth mother. The story of Jesus' resurrection was serving the gnostics as a way to reboot the classic pantheon, because it had solidified into the form history has passed down. Then the Romans adopted Christianity because, to the Ancients, monotheism was monoculture, one people, one rule, one god. As they were trying to validate the Empire and erase remnants of the Republic. The cultural basis of which, along with Greek democracy, was pantheism. Many gods, many factors.

Then Martin Luther tried pushing the reset button on that, as well.

Consequently monarchy was the default political model for the next 1500 years, in Europe. When the West went back to less top down models, it required the separation of church and state, culture and civics.

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John Brodix Merryman Jr.
John Brodix Merryman Jr.

Written by John Brodix Merryman Jr.

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