Man Created God(s)

About the Book

The search to establish what is true and real regarding creation, life, and metaphysical states has tormented the human mind for millennia and has instigated many intense discussions. It was a brightly moonlit, star-studded sky when the heavenly bodies instigated a similar discussion between two friends—Potes and Mitsos, the two characters of this book. Potes is aware of the animosity that political and theological discussions could bring about, even between two good friends, whenever they have deep-rooted philosophical differences in those subjects; and he would rather not have them. However, he is not afraid to express his opinion when goaded. Mitsos, on the other hand, is persistent and adamant in his religious beliefs, traditions, and in the existence of Almighty God. In the dialogue between the two, Potes projects his convictions using scientific facts as well as quotations from the Bible while Mitsos, a good and faithful Christian, questions his friend’s position not only using theological philosophies and traditions that have stood the test of time but also using in defense of his position Crito by Plato and The Clouds by Aristophanes. None of the two characters of the book is a monolith. The comments or questions of one cause the other to think before he responds, and the combination of the two induce questions into the reader’s mind as to who of the two is correct. The conversation is bold and daring, considering the time period and the religious and social environment that prevailed when it assumingly took place. For Potes, the scientist, more than Mitsos, the religion teacher, no religious matter is considered taboo to be excluded from discussion and for its validity not to be examined. The dialogue does not delve into the rudimentary bases of the Christian religion only but also into, among other thigs, the Greco-Roman gods, the existence of the soul, the four related supernatural events (miracles, apotheosis, resurrection, and ascension), Genesis of the old testament versus cosmogenesis (the Big Bang theory), biopoiesis, cosmotheism, autocracy versus democracy, and not the least, the efficacy of hope. This is a book that demands an open mind.

About the Author

Elias P. Stergakos Was born in a small village south of Sparta, Greece in 1942 during the middle of the Second World War and when the country was under German and Italian occupation. He lived there all of his childhood except during one year where he attended the first year of gymnasium in Athens. In May of 1956 he and his younger brother crossed the Atlantic on a ship to join his father and three other brothers in the USA as immigrants. He continued his education and got his undergraduate degree in physics, his Masters in high energy physics and PhD in nuclear science and engineering; all within eight years. He worked in the private industry where he climb the administrative ladder within the companies for which he worked. Despite the fact that he chose physical science for the basis of his career, philosophy was an area that always attracted him and spent time reading related literary works. Among those literary works were those of Plato which apparently molded his way of thinking. He is presently retired and spends most of his time on the hobby of his life which is reading and writing. He has published an inspirational fable entitled ‘The Sparrow, the Frog, and the Spider’. Also, geological, volcanic and geographic characteristics, as documented by Plato, as well as discovered archaeological artifacts served as the bases for his book entitled ‘Atlantis an Aegean Island, a Myth Not’.