Evolutionism

Evolutionism is a religion founded in the 21st century by Kamidere.

Its central deity is alo, the emanating cosmos

Its goal is agency which is a concept related to being able to impose an order on the world. This is a collectivistic goal.

At its core it revolves around delivering the Three Fruits to everyone, or colloquially getting everyone to Omega.

Agency is delivered to people through three methods: freeing them from death, freeing them from the nine plagues, and freeing them from Cosmic destruction.

Universalism is a critical element of Evolutionism. The idea of anyone being excluded goes extremely counter to its values, As such Evolutionism identifies itself in contrast with traditions which are exclusionary, especially on traits like race, sexual orientation, gender identity, or social class.

As an extention of universalism Evolutionism engages in syncretism with other traditions. However it is not a syncretic tradition in itself, and is fully capable of standing on its own

The only Evolutionist organization currently in existence is the School of Evolution run by Kamidere

History
Evolutionism may be seen as an offshoot of John Vervaeke's religion that's not a religion which adds a renewed focus on the narrative order.

More info on the three orders

Beliefs
The religion of Evolutionism believes in a cosmic struggle between order and chaos. Order being represented by living systems in homeostasis, while chaos represents the negation of homeostasis or death. Victory in this struggle would take the form of overcoming the great filter and eventually the heat death of the universe. This tenet is known as the cosmic puzzle

Individual lives are believed to be a microcosm of this cosmic struggle. An individuals struggle to find meaning in their life, pass on their genes, create what they desire, or be happy are all considered elements of the cosmic puzzle. Any coping mechanism they discover or institution they create can be built upon over generations into a component of the solution to the cosmic puzzle. Included in an individual's puzzle is the search for eternal life, which Evolutionists believe will eventually be granted to everyone through technological Universal resurrection. This is known as the individual puzzle. Individuals are described as undergoing sequential "evolutions" as they solve their individual puzzles. Evolutions are seen as analogous to the Buddhist concept of enlightenment but there is no well defined end goal, they continue infinitely towards a limit

Finally, an individual is ultimately unable to solve their puzzle and reach Evolutions on their own. Humans are social animals and require group norms as a middle term between reason and their base desires, we also require the perspectives of others to truly understand ourselves. As such The Church of Evolution exists to help facilitate individuals reaching subsequent evolutions. By surrounding oneself with people seeking the same goal strategies can be shared and refined to help solve the Cosmic and Individual puzzles. The puzzle of how to organize such a community for success is the Sangha puzzle.

The three puzzles of Evolutionism are considered the foundation of its beliefs. The number three frequently comes up in Evolutionism as a mnemonic motif to remind evolutionists of the way to salvation. It comes up in the Tribunal a set of deities personifying the solutions to the puzzles, and in the antitribunal a set of demons symbolizing the puzzles themselves.



The Sierpiński triangle is the symbol of Evolutionism, as it represents applying the three principles on every layer recursively across the whole cosmos

Evolutionism rejects concepts traditionally associated with the supernatural, and follows what science describes the world as. But at the same time it offers a radical departure from the conventional secular humanist worldview. This departure is described as the metanatural (sometimes ultranatural) or beyond natural, as it draws connections well beyond simple experiences.

Evolutionism values the myths and practices of traditional religions, as they contain cultural adaptations that may be used to solve the three puzzles. As such Evolutionism promotes syncretism and opposes antitheism as an attempt to create a spiritual monoculture.

The Man, Lion, and Beast
👨🦁🐲 This is a group of three elements corresponding to parts of the human soul. See Plato's Lion for more info

Basically Evolutionism believes people do not naturally have the agency to guide their lives in the way traditionally thought by capitalist society, but rather rely on other people, and that capitalism attempts to cover this up to make people more easily exploited

Fundamental to the Lambda covenant is the idea that the group guides the individual out of the nine plagues

Symbol
Evolutionism uses the Sierpiński triangle as its symbol representing a recursive application of its three principles at all levels. The three principles also correspond to the Tribunal and the three virtues and the three sins

Motto
The phrase as above, so below is often used as a motto of Evolutionism to express the idea of a recursive spiritual philosophical system

ALO
Alo is the central concept and deity of Evolutionism

Practices
Evolutionism follows a system of practices built around science and philosophy

Princes and Princesses
Members born from two crowned members are called Princes or Princesses. There are specific programs for raising them

Nature Services
Services are proposed to be carried out in nature in a way that resembles Scouting. This is an intentional parallell linked to the LDS.

As of 2022 there are no static places of worship, with the closest thing being a proposal of franchised shrines analogous to Shinto shrines. Shrines in natural environments, and shrines in greenhouses in urban environments. No such shrines have been constructed yet.

Education
Continued education is an essential element of evolutionism. It has some parallels to the nature service scouting element and plays an essential role in sangha democracy.

Videogames
Videogames are often used in Evolutionism as a way to provide an immersive religious experience.

Initiatory ethics
Ethics is seen as initiatory with gradual increases in obligations rather than something static. Initiaiton is generally seen as important with little expectations of non-initiatory practice

Marriage levels
Marriages are at three levels: Telestial Terrestrial and Celestial corresponding to someone's level of initiation. Coronation being Celestial initiation or Patriarchal Priesthood initiaion allows for celestial marriage

Covenants
There are three covenants. Someone must join one and then wait a certain period and meet certain criteria to join the next. They are seen as cosmologically important and reflective of the nature of the universe


 * 1) Omega covenant
 * 2) Lambda covenant
 * 3) Alpha covenant

Coronation
Coronation is moving to the Alpha Covenant. It is a massive system in itself

Sangha democracy
Sangha democracy is the notion of prides locally running themselves and determining their laws. Such will be in a system based on Athenian democracy. It has three main goals.


 * Legitimization of firmlaw for individuals
 * Tailoring firmlaw to local areas
 * Raising up of the individual themselves by placing them in such debates.