The debate between theist and atheist is an old one and has recently become a highly publicized
one. There are some well known proponents of arguments on both sides. To provide a different
perspective this book takes a psychoanalytically based evolutionary view presenting an
entirely original theoretical concept. It introduces an epigenetic component to the discussion
of God no God within the context of evolutionary processes at the point where a thinking brain
appears -- a cerebral cortex characteristic of homosapien. Therefore it joins evolutionary
phenomena with psychological realities for survival and safety for empowerment and the absence
of disempowerment. Research is cited to show that such instinctive survival behavior involves
several prototypical behavioral categories relevant to all organisms from amoeba to man. Freud
Darwin Gould and the major historical figures of the God no God debate are included
throughout and the point is made that environmental conditions can produce biological effects
and this is the essence of the proposed epigenetical context of the debate. Therefore this
volume concerns itself with exploring the question of whether there is a God-gene or whether
God is discovered epigentically in a psycho evolutionary context. In either case this book
does not argue for the existence or non-existence of God. Rather it introduces a new dimension
to the debate - a psycho evolutionary one.
