As an example, most all religious literature explains that creation began with flora and progressed through small animals, culminating with homo sapiens. We believe in the great flood of most religious literature, but do not conclude whether it was a result of natural causes or of intervention of the creators. We do not believe that any book written by humans is either infallible or scientifically complete, but we do concede that there may be certain aspects of our origins which can be discerned from reading of such literature and interpreting it in light of the scant scientific knowledge possessed by the writers. We believe that study of ancient religious literature may be useful in discovering the truth by reading between the lines and interpreting the writings in light of modern-day knowledge. We believe that our creators may themselves be creations and thus bounded by our same universe.
Hierarchy is found in nature.
For example, the orbits of planets around stars are larger versions of the orbits of electrons around nuclei. We see commonalities between trachia, blood vessels, and tree branches. Everywhere we look, we see fractal, orbital, and other patterns that are evidences of hierarchy. We acknowledge that any attempt to define what the afterlife will be like is futile, since nobody has ever returned. We thus acknowledge that all such discussions are speculative, and do not condemn anyone for any particular belief in regard to the afterlife.