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"The God Theory" Review
by Demitra M. N.

Universes, Zero-Point Fields, and What's Behind It All

Bernard Haisch, is an accomplished scientist who directly confronts the prevailing scientific materialist/reductionist worldview with clear logic and scientific evidence. The scientific-materialist group-mindset is exposed for what it is: a metaphysical assumption rather than "scientific fact" as it is claimed to be. He points out that the great scientific luminaries (Newton, Einstein, Eddington...) would not agree with the materialistic worldview of modern science, which is a relatively recent phenomenon with profoundly destructive consequences for Humanity - socially, psychologically and spiritually. He correctly describes such science as "fundamentalist" since it is based on fixed assumptions devoid of substantiating evidence. He identifies this phenomenon as an understandable reaction against Medieval religion, which continues on its destructive rampage in the name of "God". But two wrongs don't make a right, whether we are talking fundamentalist science or fundamentalist religion--both are paths to our destruction.

Haisch is definitely one of those rare scientists who can see through the dense fog of the orthodox scientific group thought-form. His book is clear, rational, insightful, intuitive, entertaining, life-affirming, and scientifically accurate. It should be required reading for every science student - in fact, for every scientist. I highly recommend this book to anyone who seeks knowledge beyond crystallized thought and dogma, whether it be scientific or religious. Truly, any person who reads this offering and does not feel that its insights are not on the right track towards enlightenment still have a great deal of previous scientific or religious dogma to overcome.

This book should serve as a significant milestone for all who have journeyed along their own spiritual pathways on their way to the ultimate Truth. A very enjoyable read mainly because the idea of God as explained is wonderfully sensible and intuitive, but also because it doesn't go too far in defining the ultimate consciousness referred to as God to be of some particular religion. Haisch writes "The God Theory posits the existence of an infinite, timeless consciousness that, in religious terms can be called "One God". This is a theory of a God that doesn't conflict with either science or religion, a God that is timeless and infinite, a God that includes us as living parts of itself. In appreciating the universe we aren't limited to the extremes of reductionist science on one hand, and religious denial of objective scientific study on the other, there is a middle ground that acknowledges science and yet also acknowledges the miraculous nature of life and being. It is very similar to Stoic theology as written 2300 years ago. Basically, God is thought, the Cosmos is the body of God, and we are all fragments of the Divine--this is pure Stoic theology, yet the conclusions that the author arrives at in "The God Theory" come via contemporary physics.

This is an important and courageous book. After spending the past thirty years on my own personal spiritual journey, I feel like I have finally crossed paths with someone who has, likewise, arrived at the same conclusions that I have about who God is and what God is not.

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