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Another thought that just came to me.

When Whitehead writes of God’s mind, I’m reminded of the three elements said to be essential to every system, including living systems – matter, energy, and information. Whitehead apparently reasons that God’s specialty is information; which accumulates into knowledge and wisdom if I understand this correctly.

Somewhere I read that many theologians believe that the scriptures do not say that God has a body.

Then, Whitehead adds that God has a mind that precedes consciousness. That sounds strange to most of us. What I think Whitehead means is that the capabilities of consciousness emerged on our planet with the evolution of living creatures. So, I’m guessing these capabilities could have emerged in other parts of the Universe too. I’m still reflecting on this.
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Just sharing a couple thoughts that came to me this afternoon.

@ To say that God is primordial, superjective, and consequent reminds me of the three fundamental system processes – input, throughput, and output. To borrow another Systems Science concept, maybe this is an isomorphism.

@ Whitehead also reasons that God and Creation are infinite. This sounds sort of like Nirvana.

Many of the essays and books on Systems Science would probably fit nicely into this picture too. The first the comes to mind is Kenneth Boulding’s essay on “General Systems Theory – The Skeleton of Sciences.” He was a Quaker by the way. Several years ago, I took a college class on James Grier Miller’s comprehensive tome “Living Systems Theory.”