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Unmechanical is all about the adventure of a little helicopter trapped in a strange, but fascinating...

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Suswatibasu (1703 KP) rated God: A Human History in Books

Oct 4, 2017

God: A Human History

Reza Aslan | 2017 | Philosophy, Psychology & Social Sciences, Religion

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Historical context is fascinating but explanations fall short

I had a few issues with this book. No doubt the history of the various religions was absolutely fascinating, exploring polytheistic belief systems to its evolution into monotheism. However, the connections suggested between how God is seen to be humanized is not very clear, rather it seems to be a throwaway remark about two psychological concepts that force human beings to look at everything with human eyes. It is also not very clear in terms of its explanation on why God must be one and not many.

As an atheist/ agnostic reading this, the historical elements were more of interest as the philosophical aspect seems to fall short due to the lack of exploration on why God even became a concept.