The Evolution of God, book by Robert Wright

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The Evolution of God, book by Robert Wright

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Church of the Churchless blog mentioned this book:

http://hinessight.blogs.com/church_of_the_churchless/2009/09/god-offers-up-whatever-religions-think-will-sell.html

"God is a human invention. Notions about God evolve with the times, changing with cultural and societal circumstances..."
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《神的演化》

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神的演化和迷思
8 June 2013
Sky of Gene
Short version: http://pansci.tw/archives/42944
Full version: http://skygene.blogspot.tw/2013/06/the-evolution-of-god.html



"《神的演化》試圖探討猶太教、基督教和伊斯蘭教三大一神教各自的內部演化及彼此間的演化關係。

《神的演化》指出,部落時期的神祇只需能夠作戰,保佑狩獵採集順利,農耕時期的神祇則需保障作物豐收,君主帝國中的神祇要有助於統馭人民,而工業和資訊時代的神已不再需 要扮演物質生活的保障者,卻得填補現代世界帶給人類的心靈空虛,並闡明某種更高目的,某種可讓我們組織日常生活、分辨善惡、弄懂禍福意義的根據於是,神祇的功能、意義和面目不斷轉換,而正是這樣轉換讓祂得以在人類各個不同的歷史時期中留存。

虔誠的信徒以為宗教是神祇對人類的絕對啟示或彰顯,羅伯.賴特卻認為宗教起源於一些可觀察的具體因素,包括人類天性、政治和經濟因素,以及科技的變遷等。換句話說,《神的演化》認為宗教一開始就是個錯覺,是人類的虛構物以來掌握世界、控制事物,至於神祇觀念及其後續演化,都是這個錯覺的發展。"