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Secularism (Freud (Strengths (freud could be right in that religion has a…
Secularism
Freud
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religion is a product of wish fulfillment, people experience vulnerability as children and remain infantile in adult life inventing god as an imaginary friend as they're unable to cope with life on their own
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religious believers invent the idea that there are absolute morals and purpose to life with a goal as this is what they wish their own lives were like
religion represses human desires of sexual violence, theft, and murder
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religion is fundamentally unhealthy - discourages people from having normal, healthy adult reactions to the world, and from taking on responsibility for their own actions and consequences, represses people and causes conflict
Strengths
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a non-supernatural explanation of religious feelings/experiences could be seen as more plausible than a supernatural/religious one
evidence to support that people depict god as a super-human, feminists argue men have been given god male characteristics
Dawkins
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human life is meaningful without reference to religious ideas, people don't need the idea of god to find meaning in their lives
religion is responsible for division, war, and conflict in society, in the modern world and throughout history
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religions are a repressive, religious dress codes seen as an example of the repression of women
doesn't like how children are initiated into religious faiths before they can understand what's happening
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bringing up children to be religious is a form of psychological abuse - children have a right not to have their minds confused by other people's nonsense
Jo Marchant
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compelling evidence that religious practices, meditation, belief in a loving god is beneficial for religious believers
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Marx
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it's unlikely most people will experience a rich and fulfilling life, so religion offers a second chance of a rich life in the afterlife
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