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It Is Time to Redefine God : a Psychological and Natural Science Perspective.

Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Jacobs, Riaan
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Chicago : Austin Macauley Publishers, 2019.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Intro; It Is Time to Redefine God; About The Author; About The Book; Dedication; Copyright Information ©; Acknowledgements; Introduction; Chapter 1; Needs, Convictions, and the Concept of God; The Influence of Natural Phenomena; Society's Influence and the Motivational Ability of a God; Personification, Humanization, and Deification; The Influence of Nurturing and the Need for Protection; Accepting Simple, Uncomplicated Explanations; Stories, Fables, and Myths; The Need to Have Someone to Manipulate and to Take the Blame; The Reluctance to Change Deep-Seated Convictions or Values; Chapter 2
  • The Process That Created and Changed EverythingResearch About Our Subatomic Environment; Atoms Evolved from Plasma; The Wonder of Space; The Program for Creation After the Big Bang; The Principle of Structural Programming; The Evolution of Complex Structures Inside the Universe; The Progression of Time and Events; Chapter 3; A Search for Ideas About God That Makes Sense; A Sample of Current Ideas About God; God and Nature; The Creator; The Eternal, Ubiquitous Body of God; The Universe and the All-Knowing Awareness of God; The Possibility of an Intelligent, Thinking Universe
  • Everything Makes Sense If God Is EverythingChapter 4; The Evolution of Life Forms and Human Beings on Earth; Chemical Compounds Became Alive; Living Organisms Started Altering the Environment on Earth; Biological Programming for Cooperation; The Balancing Act of Biological Programs; The Organization of the Cells Inside the Body; Programmed Behavior; The Structure in the Brain That Makes Us Truly Human; Chapter 5; Speculative Answers to Interesting Questions; What Is the Underlying Cause of "Supernatural" Phenomena?; Is It Possible to Know the Future?
  • Are We Still Subjected to Nature's Trial-and-Error Selection Process?Does God Make Use of the Process of Natural Selection?; Is God Consciously Involved with the Selection of People?; What Is Good and What Is Evil?; What Influences Us to Be Evil?; Is Any Supernatural Life Form Possible?; Was Jesus Really the Son of God?; Was Jesus More Than a Very Remarkable Human Being?; Chapter 6; The Future:; Heaven or Hell on Earth; The Development of the Concepts of Heaven, Hell, and an Afterlife; Religious Traditions, Lies, and Symbolism; Jesus Explained the Kingdom of God; Hell on Earth
  • The Coming of Heaven to EarthThe Selection of Leaders and a Government; The Conservation of Nature; Science, Technology, and Altruism Pave the Way to Paradise; No More Suffering, Inherited Diseases, or Untimely Death; Epilogue; References