ABSTRACT
Today the science vs. theism debate is an industry of its own. In recent years a growing number of atheists have made recourse to some of the findings in contemporary cognitive science to formulate a novel challenge to theistic belief. Belief in gods requires no special parts of the brain. Belief in gods requires no special mystical experiences, though it may be aided by such experiences. Belief in gods requires no coercion or brainwashing or special persuasive techniques. According to several psychologists, anthropologists, evolutionary theorists, and cognitive scientists, the human mind evolved in such a way that it is naturally drawn towards belief in disembodied, supernatural agents, the God of monotheism being just one such agent. The concept of a "god" is an example of a common minimally counterintuitive concepts (MCI), where a "god" is a disembodied, supernatural agent. Eventually the concept of God developed where that term denotes the God of monotheism.
