Evaluating Perspectives on Religious Belief
Explore challenges to religious belief from the perspectives of Freud, Jung, and atheism. Understand how these influential figures view the origin, benefits, and impact of religious beliefs on society and the human mind.
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Component 2: Philosophy of Religion Theme 2 Booklet 4 Theme 2: Challenges to religious belief Religious belief as a product of the human mind Booklet 4
Evaluation Freud Challenges to Freud Benefits of religions Defence of Freud Religious belief can be harmful Freud s theories have been proved wrong Religion oppresses Freud did not consider all religions Freud was not objective Freud s work lead to greater understanding of the mind Limited evidence
Evaluating Jung Challenges to Jung Archetypes Religious experience Individuation Reductivism Unscientific Defence of Jung More positive about religion than Freud Didn t claim it was all about sex (which says more about Freud s obsessional neuroses than it does about religion Peter Moore)
Evaluating atheism/ New Atheism Strengths of atheism/ New Atheism Challenges to atheism/ New Atheism Religion is necessary to explain the why questions NOMA Religion is not necessary Religion is a retreat from science Religion give an impoverished world view Religion is a virus or a meme Religion is a bad thing Religion is based on sound arguments religious apologists The religions world view is full of awe and wonder McGrath Dawkins meme idea is not based on sound science Religion is a good thing
