Freud's Argument For The Existence Of God Philosophy Research Paper Help

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Must have 5 quotes from the book Introducing Philosophy (10th ed.), Oxford Univ. Press, ed. By Robert Solomon, Higgins, and Martin. Using Freud, Anselm, Kant, James or Hume argument to discuss does God exist. Quote directly from famous' words, don't quote author's words. Please, must quote from the book. Use their own words to argue.


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Claim: Sigmund Freud invents different psychoanalytic theories that tend to oppose
religion that he terms as an “illusion.”

Discussion
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There are several arguments concerning the existence of God as will be highlighted
A. He comes up with a psychological description concerning the origin of god
from taboo and totem, the future of an illusion, and civilization and its
discontents.
B. Freud refers to illusion as a religion that is "perhaps a belief encouraged more
by wish fulfillment than by proof." In his perspective, human being utilizes
faith for fighting against “the inner nature’s force” and "the urge of rectifying
the limitations of civilization, which made themselves painfully felt."
C. Sigmund Freud offers a psychological description regarding the existence of
the beliefs in God in the future of an illusion.
D. He utilizes the iceberg metaphor in illustrating his concepts by claiming, “The
theory of psychoanalysis, or analysis of the self, states that personal
development is determined by early childhood rather than by inherited traits
alone.
E. Religion itself is merely an illusion, which provides individuals a code of
ethical behavior so that people may not have to fear the punishment of God

F. Religion is regarded as a “childish delusion,” and atheism as a grown-up
realism. Freud conveyed faith in God as asymptomatic neurosis that he
named a "longing for a forever loving father."
G. Freud failed to offer a clear claim for supporting his concept of the origin of
God.

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‘Freud’s Argument for the Existence of God’
There are various arguments regarding the existence of God. Some psychological
claims are from scientists, philosophers, historians, and experiences. Sigmund Freud invents
different psychoanalytic theories that tend to oppose religion that he terms as an “illusion.”
Sigmund says that "Religion is an illusion and it derives its strength from the fact that it falls
in with our instinctual desires.” He comes up with a psychological description concerning the
origin of god from taboo and totem, the future of an illusion, and civilization and its
discontents. The first argument of Freud is from taboo and totem, where he starts Taboo and
Totem by hypothesizing the variation between the psychological growth of savages, primates,
and neurotic patients, especially infants. He provides a definition of taboo as the situation of
being both dangerously filthy and devoted. Exceptional individuals like priests, murderers,
and priests, are majorly referred to as taboos, and they are thus seen as the issue in the
community.
In the future of an illusion, Freud refers to illusion as a religion that is "perhaps a
belief encouraged more by wish fulfillment than by proof." In his perspective, human being
utilizes faith for fighting against “the inner nature’s force” and "the urge of rectifying the
limitations of civilization, which made themselves painfully felt." Freud offers a conclusion
that every religious belief is "illusions and that totemism was a necessary stage in the
evolution of religion." In the discontent of the civilization, Freud describes that the need of a
man for religion would be described by an "a sensation of 'eternity', a feeling as of something
limitless, unbounded as it were, 'oceanic'"(Pg. 273), and adds, "I cannot invent this 'oceanic'

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feeling in myself". Freud suggests that the "oceanic feeling," is a wish-fulfillme...


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