Systematic Political Science
 
 

If the article has been read as recommended, the major elements of systematic political science, especially theology, epistemology, human/societal behavior and eschatology, should be familiar. As their connectedness becomes clearer, it is time to examine the factors and variables of political science.

Once that is accomplished, it is prudent to look at the three paths of human decision making options. Game theory matrixes were used to collate the information presented. For example, all individuals must have a core of logic for the authority/standard to understand and base subsequent behavior. Blaise Pascal’s work titled Of the Necessity of the Wager addresses this subject. Simply said, all humans ponder how and why they exist. The possible answer is either an infinite God exists and created, or an infinite God does not exist nor created. The Law on Noncontradiction states something can’t be true and not true simultaneously. Therefore, if the answer is the former option, God has balanced attributes of love and justice etc. If the latter option was chosen, the finite god either is somewhat consistent with natural laws or is not. If it is the former, this unbalanced god may have attributes of either love or justice, or be a force. If, on the other hand, the latter was chosen, this most finite god has situational attributes and may be objects, animals, other humans, societal institutions, one’s self or beings of evil.

Thus, the following three courses of human decision making options begin appropriately with theology.


THEOLOGICAL SINGULARITIES
(T)


(T1) Theology of the infinite God

An active individual choice of faith to believe in a balanced God of love and justice—to whom one can relate only by God’s grace.

R1
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(T2) Theology of a finite god

An active or de-facto individual choice to reject the infinite God for a faith to believe in an unbalanced god of love, or justice, or a force—to which one can relate by human effort.

R2
Leads to...


(T3) Theology of finite gods

An active or de-facto individual choice to reject the infinite God for a faith to believe in an unbalanced god of objects, animals, other humans/societal institutions; or one’s self; or beings of evil—to which one can relate by human effort.

R3
Leads to...

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