There is no God: Anthropocentrism, Psychological Inheritance, and the Persistence of Divine Authority

This paper argues that the concept of God is not a discovery about reality but a product of anthropocentric thinking, psychological inheritance, and the internalization of social authority. Historically, God functioned as an explanatory framework for natural phenomena, morality, justice, and human existence. However, developments in cosmology, evolutionary theory, and critical studies of religion have progressively undermined the necessity of invoking a supreme authority to explain the universe. The paper contends that religious belief persists not because of empirical evidence but because it is embedded within cultural traditions, identity structures, and inherited psychological conditioning. Furthermore, doctrines such as karma, heaven, hell, divine judgment, and sacred morality operate as mechanisms through which authority is internalized and reproduced across generations. The absence of evidence for a governing supernatural authority suggests that morality and meaning originate from human societies rather than divine command. Consequently, humanity faces the challenge of accepting responsibility for its future without reliance on imagined cosmic rulers.