Religion is a psychological comforter - Doesn't mean God doesn't exist
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Sigmund Freud and Criticism
Religion is 'wish fulfillment' . God is a concept created by the super-ego - No evidence, cant be tested, metaphorical theory
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Carl Jung
student of Freud - religion is healthy and harmonises the psyche. Similar ideas to Freud about id however believed the removal of religion could be detrimental as human life has a spiritual side.
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Summary
The challenges of psychology are not strong enough to prove/disprove the existence of God and hold no real weight other than introducing the idea of 'wish fulfillment' which neither proves nor disproves anything.
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