Are We Having a God Problem?
Hubble Spots Fireworks in Westerlund 2 (Image by NASA, ESA, the Hubble Heritage Team [STScI/AURA])
Is God not the ultimate human creation?
The gods we inherited were designed for small populations, scattered across the earth, with narrow horizons. They concerned themselves with intimate details—how we ate, dressed, or made love. Each was tied to a specific culture and language—Arabic, Hebrew, Latin, Sanskrit, Chinese—none with a universal vision.
Their sacred texts told us to worship the book itself, rather than nurturing the direct and living experience of connection with the divine. These gods, over time, became increasingly materialistic, eventually giving way to a new idol: money. Today, many people believe more in the power of wealth than in the power of their gods.
And yet, some now say they believe in nothing at all. But is that really possible? Human beings inevitably seek meaning, connection, and transcendence—even if they deny it.
So where are the truly great gods—the ones who could protect life not just for the next generation, but for the next million years? Where are the gods who embrace the vastness of our galaxies, guiding human energy toward deeper consciousness, reconciliation, and the humanization of our world?
The time has come for new gods—gods of our time. Not gods bound to rigid rules and ancient books, but gods in harmony with science and technology, with a profound faith in humanity, and with the power to reach every heart. Gods who help us live the Golden Rule: to treat others as we wish to be treated.
These are gods who illuminate the moments when life suddenly makes sense—not for what we can take, but for what we can give.
We must move beyond the gods of the past. The gods of the future will not arrive with commandments carved in stone. They will come with a spiritual power capable of transcending our pettiness and awakening the best in us.
Biological Devil-ution Rather than Religious Deities Fighting over the Heavens
“Devil-ution,” a function of evolutionary biology explains human unrest much better than notions of deities fighting over the heavens. Religious wars have never relented. Self-anointed demigods have plagued human history, pretending that faith-based blood lines constitute science. However, modern science takes a different tact.
Today, psychologists and psychiatrists bemoan the fact that psychopathic megalomaniacs are destroying civilization and the ecosystems that keep planet earth alive. By definition, psychopaths lack self- control. They make up a large portion of what we call the criminally insane. Psychopaths belong in mental institutions. Instead they are allowed to run wild on the planet in apex positions of power. Medical systems globally have failed to incarcerate them. National and international laws have failed to stop them.
In short, we, the citizens of the world are back to square one. We have to create an element of power sufficient to stop them. So, how are we going to do that? A framework of understanding devolution is a good place to start. Focusing on certain roots of human evolution are key to creating a needed new perspective.
Let’s start with a basic understanding of brain evolution. The human brain is divided into three major parts: the lower brain, the mid brain, and the upper brain, also known respectively as the Hindbrain, the Midbrain, and the Forebrain.
The Hindbrain is of particular interest to our attention. The Hindbrain is also known as the brain stem, the oldest brain, the primitive brain, also called the reptilian brain. Well, what just exactly does the reptilian brain refer to?
According to our modern knowledge of evolution, some 300 million years ago, the amniote lineage of our ancestors split in two: one lineage evolved into Sauropsids, which led to birds and reptiles; while the other branch called Synapsids evolved into mammals and humans. This means that biological elements before 300 million years ago continued into the mammalian and human lineage, elements common to reptiles and humans. To be clear, aspects of today’s human reptilian brain, the brain stem, are over 300 million years old.
Jumping 300 million years forward to today, we can see aspects of reptilian behaviour, uncivilized behaviour, emanating from our oldest brain, what lends itself descriptively to psychopathic megalomania. When we observe lizard behaviour in the wild, we do not witness the features of the human forebrain, where the interaction of complex social emotions can lead to civilization.
Giving credit to critics who are still waiting for “civilization,” to arise, I will nonetheless ask: are there human beings who are incapable of empathy and compassion, incapable of caring for other human beings? Studies show clearly that the answer is yes. Genuine sympathy, compassion and empathy exist largely out of the psychological world of psychopaths.
A second question we must pose: are today’s power hungry megalomaniacs making decisions prompted by the brain stem, from the reptilian brain, unable of reaching the higher centres of the brain where civilization can form? The answer lies in their behaviour. Let’s compare.
Most people have seen at one time or another how lizards eat and smash all the eggs in a nest they’ve discovered, caring nothing for the mother of the eggs. Can we not compare the human behaviour of maiming, starving, murdering people, mass murder, war, genocide, ecosystem destruction to smashing all the eggs? Like smashed eggs, there is no care for the mothers whose children have died.
By adding elements of evolution to the devilish behaviours just listed, “devil-ution” becomes an added perspective to our overall understanding of global unrest. The historical interplay of psychopathology and religion starts to come into view. Historically, both religious demi-gods and psychopaths have fought over the reins of power. Astute historians observe how they join forces, as birds of a feather flock together.
Duped disciples flock to churches and synagogues to pursue Amalek and Armageddon, while psychopaths gravitate to international centres of power, in the form of central banking and secret societies, like Bilderberg. A few remain public to showcase their megalomania and demonstrate to the world how they have enslaved the masses in poverty.
One of the visible groups meets regularly in Davos, pondering over what to do with “the useless eaters.” That’s us, you and me, the world’s masses, who they have slated to become jobless, homeless, and unfit to live on their planned trans-human dystopian planet Earth. Advanced readers know of such machinations at the World Economic Forum, where their 200 year-old eugenics program is swinging into full gear. Eight plus billion people are about to die if these reptilian-bound thinkers get their way.
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