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Author(s): Ernandes, M.; Winkelman, M.
Title: Theopoiesis or The Production of \\
Category: manuscript
Length: 66
Keywords: evolution; Biological factors; triune brain; superhuman agents;
theism

Abstract: Religious ideas have the peculiarity of being universal, so we may
suspect yhat they have some kind of genetic basis, or that religion may be
rooted in genetic predisposition, that operates through the development of
encephalic structures. MacLean elaborated the “Triune Brain” model, and located
in it three principal phylogenetic structures, termed as R-complex, Limbic
System and Neomammalian brain. The R-complex is fundamental for genetically
constituted behaviors as imprinting, or forming social hierarchies.
In a behavioral sense, religious activities consist in submissive displays
performed to appease a dominant individual. According to evolutionary
psychology, all human behaviors are products of internal mechanisms, in
conjunction with inputs that trigger their activation.
In this paper we indicate the acquisition of the consciousness of own mortality
as the input, and in the action of R-complex on the Neocortex as the main
mechanism by which, in the human evolution, the “God” concept emerged.


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