Freud & Beyond 2016 #2: Freud and Religion

The four main stages in the development of Freud's theory of religion: 1907, 1913-14, 1927, 1930. His strange attribution of his pre-1920 naivete regarding human aggression onto the Bible! His insightful recognition that those relying on the "As IF" and demythologizing interpretations of the Bible as metaphor have long since become atheists without admitting it.

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