weaknesses of the idea that god is a psychological projection

N – One weakness is that the philosophers, who give these psychological projection theories, make it very offensive to religious believers.
E – Freud argued that god was a psychological process made by neurotic anxiety. He said that God derived from fear and guilt. Guilt of man and collective guilt that we have from what our ancestors did. This is insulting because his theories suggest that we were, murderers, involved in incest and that we took part in cannibalism.
I – Freud’s theories were that during the Oedipus complex man wanted to kill his father and be with his mother. The collective guilt comes from the fact as a ‘race’ we carry the guilt of when our ancestors killed and ate the primal father.
L – This is a weakness of god being a psychological project because why should we feel guilty for something that we ourselves did not commit, and it is offensive to be told that when man was younger they wanted to kill their own fathers.

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Name: Lack of universal Assent
Explain: Philosophers disagree on what psychological projection god is. Lots of philosophers say god is a psychological projection, however they all say different things to each other
Illustrate: Nietzsche said god and religion are an expression of the desire of oppressed people for revenge. But Freud said that god came about through guilt for our 'Oedipus complex' which means we have guilt for wanting to kill our fathers when we were younger, because we thought they would castrate us as rivals. And Marx also thought god was a different psychological projection he said that god was 'the opiate of the masses' and that god was a psychological projection to give hope to the oppressed.
Link: This is a weakness with the idea that God is a psychological projection, because people cannot agree on what psychological projection God is so this gives doubt to the argument that God is simply a psychological projection.

Name: Offensive
Explain: The view that god is a psychological projection is very offensive.
Illustrate: For example Marx said that that religion and god was only a tool to keep the exploited and the exploiters in their respective roles, and this is very offensive if you are a religious person. Nietzsche was also intentionally very offensive and provocative as he said that religion is a 'slave' morality and that it is born out of a thirst for revenge people in poverty have against their oppressors. Freud’s claim about god being a psychological projection is also very offensive as what he calls 'the Oedipus complex' implies that we want to have sex with our mothers and castrate our fathers. This is very offensive to most people.
Link: This is a weakness because it gives the claim less credibility as it sets out to be offensive and controversial.