About the book: 1977 / How did religion come about? This question does not exist for theologians. They claim that religion is eternal, because it was given to man by God at the moment of creation. Science data tells a different story. Candidate of Philosophical Sciences V.E. Chertikhin talks in his book about how the concept of the God-givenness and eternity of religion is refuted with the help of the arguments of modern science. The book is intended for a wide range of readers.