THEO 1000 Lecture Notes - Lecture 14: Fokker E.Ii, Wish Fulfillment, Opiate
28 Mar 2017
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Man is a god unto himself, understanding god is really understanding humanity g. ii. God is a divine insurance policy, people are afraid of death so we made up a god g. iii. Jesus is an example of how humans made god in our image g. iii. 1. We give away human attributes to god, therefore not giving ourselves those best attributes (god is good, so i cannot be god because i am not as good as god: different interpretations: j. i. God is real + projections are real: humans can and do make god in own image j. ii. God is not real + projections are okay: recognizes the social utility in believing in something that isn"t real j. iii. God is not real + projections are not okay: projections hold us back (feuerbach) Karl marx (1818-1883: he knows feuerbach"s writings, builds off them (both studied under christian.
