Cognitive Cosmogenesis

The author's mother was a very devout Catholic and played a significant role in his decision to join the Catholic Order of Preachers. There, he fell in love with the work of Thomas Aquinas, who based Christian theology on the philosophy of Aristotle. During the Second Vatican Council, he saw an opportunity to repeat the work of Aquinas using modern science. Since science is based on observation, this project implies that the universe is divine-a heresy for which he was expelled from the Order. This book is a personal account of that history and a justification for the belief that the universe itself is divine. The core idea is that we could solve all our problems by ditching strange gods and facing this fact. The universe creates itself; if we interpret our knowledge of physics properly, we would arrive at a credible scientific theology. The world has a natural intelligence far in excess of any artificial one. If we can understand how it organises life-from cells to forests-then organising world peace will be a pushover. Modern theologians must recognise that a physical point of view, rather than ancient texts, is the true source of credible theology. Religion and politics have been bedfellows since time immemorial... The model of creation presented in this book completely rejects the imperial intent of genocidal holy wars.