The Evolution of Gods: The Scientific Origin of Divinity and Religions

Language: English
Pages: 230






















About the Book



Why, when and how
did mankind begin to worship gods? Religious scriptures the world over claim that one
or the other god made man, but science has not yet identified any supernatural
power that created and governed human beings. Was it man who came up with the
idea of gods to help him cope with his own fears? Could it be that ancient
people attributed natural phenomena-unfathomable and frightening to them-to the
working of invisible gods?



What kind of
suffering or bewilderment made people bow before unseen powers or gods as we
call them? When were these gods created? Who invented morals and methods of
worship? Who wrote the ancient scriptures such as the Bible and the Vedas? Most
crucially, have gods and the scriptures shaped our responses to the world
around us?



The Evolution of Gods seeks to answer these questions,
and explains scientifically how, when and why religions and gods came into
being. Ajay Kansal marshals anthropological and
historical facts about the development of religions in a simple and
straightforward manner to assert that it was mankind that created gods, and not
the other way around.



About the Author



Dr Ajay Kansal is a professor and consultant pathologist. It was
during his medical practice that he encountered human suffering in a big way
that made him question the concept of gods and drove him to write this

book.



Preface



Today we are
all aware of the achievement of science. The population of the world i