The God Who Doesn’t Exist
God in An Evolutionary World
by Fergus McGinley
Welcome to The God Who Doesn’t Exist. Drawing on insights from parenting, education, theoretical physics, evolutionary philosophy, psychology, comparative religion, biblical exegesis and political theory – an eclectic and original approach the author playfully describes as anti-theology. The amazing story unfolds of two Gods: one who doesn’t exist whom we created ourselves, and one who does exist whom we didn’t create. The first of these gods is the familiar God of human history, the God or gods we believed in just about forever, then very recently dumped. An unpredictable and judgmental God who seemed occasionally to do right by us, but more often went AWOL just when we needed them the most. We lived in constant fear of offending them and were terrified that if we didn’t play our cards right in this life, they’d consign us to hell in a handcart in the next. Good riddance to the God who doesn’t exist! The God who exists, however, is a very different god to the one who doesn’t. Their primary quality seems to be something vastly more urgent for the human race than providing daily bread, saving us from enemies and forgiving our sins; it is selfless love teaching. Yes, the acquisition of the capacity for intentional selfless cooperation is a fundamental evolutionary imperative, essential for our survival and flourishing generally, especially critical right now when we seem to be on the brink of self-destruction. Self-destruction: yes, will we survive the latest threats of global warming, nuclear pandemic, uncontrolled development of Al? Will the selfless love-teaching God who exists ride to our rescue just in the nick of time? Read on then, if you dare, and find out
Welcome to The God Who Doesn’t Exist. Drawing on insights from parenting, education, theoretical physics, evolutionary philosophy, psychology, comparative religion, biblical exegesis and political theory – an eclectic and original approach the author playfully describes as anti-theology. The amazing story unfolds of two Gods: one who doesn’t exist whom we created ourselves, and one who does exist whom we didn’t create. The first of these gods is the familiar God of human history, the God or gods we believed in just about forever, then very recently dumped. An unpredictable and judgmental God who seemed occasionally to do right by us, but more often went AWOL just when we needed them the most. We lived in constant fear of offending them and were terrified that if we didn’t play our cards right in this life, they’d consign us to hell in a handcart in the next. Good riddance to the God who doesn’t exist! The God who exists, however, is a very different god to the one who doesn’t. Their primary quality seems to be something vastly more urgent for the human race than providing daily bread, saving us from enemies and forgiving our sins; it is selfless love teaching. Yes, the acquisition of the capacity for intentional selfless cooperation is a fundamental evolutionary imperative, essential for our survival and flourishing generally, especially critical right now when we seem to be on the brink of self-destruction. Self-destruction: yes, will we survive the latest threats of global warming, nuclear pandemic, uncontrolled development of Al? Will the selfless love-teaching God who exists ride to our rescue just in the nick of time? Read on then, if you dare, and find out
- By (author) Fergus McGinley
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