Did Man Create God?
Is your spiritual brain at peace with
your thinking brain?
by
David E. Comings, M.D.
published by HopePress © 2008

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David Comings, M.D.

 

If you have ever had any doubts about your faith or religion but lacked the scientific background to answer your questions, this is the book for you. It will strengthen your spiritual brain, stimulate your thinking brain and allow you to develop a rational spirituality where your spiritual and thinking brain are not in conflict

      This book is intended for all inquisitive readers who are interested in why humans are such a spiritual species; whether Intelligent Design is a valid alternative to Darwinian evolution; whether our sacred books were written by man or by God; whether God Created Man or Man Created God; whether man made up the theory of God as our creator and protector; and whether our rational thinking brain can live in peace with our spiritual brain.
      If you treasure your spirituality but have ever questioned any part of your faith or religion, this book is for you. It is written for those who are spiritual but would like answers to their doubting questions. It explores the possibility that our rational brain created God to satisfy the transcendent yearnings of our spiritual brain and that man wrote all the sacred books.
      Unlike some recent books that call for the end of faith and religion, this book proposes that spirituality is genetically hardwired into a specific part of the brain, is pleasurable, is critical to the evolution and survival of man, and will never go away. It strives to allow readers to develop a rational spirituality in which the fact-based rational brain and the faith-based spiritual brain can live in peace. Intolerance, wars and terrorism based on religion make the assumption that one person’s God is better than another’s and that the sacred books are the literal word of God. A rational spirituality illustrates the fallacy of these assumptions and allows individuals of all religions to live in peace.

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What Reviewers say:
   The scientific attempt to explain religion has been around for over a century, but only recently has it exploded onto the cultural scene with the renewed interest in the relationship of science and religion, and particularly with the advances in the neurosciences. It now appears that we are getting close to understanding what is going on inside the religious mind, and David Comings has written a remarkable analysis, that includes the most detailed and up-to-date science ever generated on the subject of religion. Did Man Create God? will be the definitive scientific reference on religion for some time to come.

Michael Shermer, 
Publisher of Skeptic magazine,
Monthly columnist for Scientific American,
and the author of Why Darwin Matters,
and The Science of Good and Evil, and How We Believe

One of the most integrative, innovative and revolutionary books I have read in decades.

Dr. Michael A. Persinger, C. Psych Professor Department of Psychology and Biology,
Behavioural Neuroscience and Biomolecular Sciences Programs, Laurentian University, Sudbury, Ontario, Canada
Author of Neuropsychological Bases of God Beliefs

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