| Category | My Metaphysics | Evangelical Christianity | Ken Wilber | Dawkins‑Style Humanism |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. Ontology | One reality, three resolutions. | God–creation dualism. | Nondual Spirit. | Materialism only. |
| 2. Ultimate Reality | Absolute as depth, not a being. | Personal God. | Spirit as consciousness. | No ultimate reality. |
| 3. Structure | Archetypes as real constraints. | Created order. | Developmental structures. | No archetypes. |
| 4. Cosmology | Dynamic emergence. | Linear salvation history. | Evolution toward Spirit. | Scientific cosmology only. |
| 5. Person | Self as process/recursion. | Immortal soul. | Evolving self. | Biological organism. |
| 6. Higher Self | A relation, not a being. | Holy Spirit/conscience. | Higher developmental stage. | No Higher Self. |
| 7. Sacred | Whole seen in the part. | God’s presence. | Spirit recognising itself. | No sacred realm. |
| 8. Love | Structural across levels. | God is love. | Eros + Agape. | Evolved bonding emotion. |
| 9. Ethics | Coherence + presence. | Divine command. | Higher‑stage action. | Human wellbeing. |
| 10. Suffering | Cost of finitude. | Result of sin/testing. | Growth catalyst. | Natural fact. |
| 11. Evil | Breakdown of coherence. | Rebellion/demonic. | Lower structures. | Harmful behaviour. |
| 12. Afterlife | Pattern persists; recursion ends. | Heaven/hell. | Reincarnation/evolution. | No afterlife. |
| 13. Salvation | Alignment with the whole. | Atonement. | Awakening. | No salvation concept. |
| 14. Practice | Increase coherence/presence. | Prayer/scripture. | Meditation/integral work. | Inquiry and ethics. |
| 15. Authority | Structure of the Real. | Bible/God’s will. | Developmental models. | Evidence and reason. |
| 16. Knowledge | Alignment with Logos. | Revelation + reason. | Integrative knowing. | Empirical science. |
| 17. Deity | Personal deity as phenomenology. | Literal personal God. | Transpersonal Spirit. | No deity. |
| 18. Freedom | Presence within coherence. | Free will under God. | Grows with development. | Autonomy within biology. |
| 19. Purpose | No teleology; emergent direction. | God’s plan. | Evolution toward Spirit. | No cosmic purpose. |
| 20. Religion | Archetypal expressions. | Christianity uniquely true. | All partial truths. |
A Comparison Chart
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