2025-01-31
Martin Geddes on "The Theology of Q" - with a little help from ChatGPT ...
... and neatly illustrating the differences between spirituality / divinity and theology / religion.
Confused yet?
Good - now include - well, I don't have a name for this, but we might choose "Social construction" or simply "Governmentalism", which is a bit like religion but relies on government dogma rather than religious dogma. It's religion for atheists if you like. It gives us the Green agenda, the UN Agendas, and just like theological religions, there could be as many varieties as you might find irreligious and unspiritual governments, and of course governments can mix and match from any dogmas they choose at any election, which makes for a moveable feast.
Maybe each political party should publish its dogmas as well as its manifesto at election time, then we might have a better idea of what to expect?
So how many varieties of spirituality/divinity might there be? That's a hard one, so maybe I'll leave that as an exercise for my readers ... you can always consult ChatGPT!
(Readers unfamiliar with Martin's work on Q may find ON Q and more linked here)
Readers may also like to read Martin's article on the ways in which the spiritual may inevitably these days interact with the competing governmental dogmas, lending the honest protest an undesirable veneer.
