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... He argued that religion is a belief in spiritual beings. ... When people want something to change they do not use magical powers, but pray to the gods (Seven Theories of Religion, 36). ... Christianity is my most knowledgeable religion, but I do believe that other people make prayers to the gods; Buddhists, Hindus, etc. ... Freud did not believe in religion and instead rejected it and called it superstition. He stated that “religion that persists into the present age of human history can only be a sign of illness” (The Seven Theories of Religion, 72). He believed the reason we have religion is to have something to attach our hopes to. ... He claimed that without society, religion could not exist. ... He also believed that mortality is inseparable from religion. ... He says that religion functions as a cause rather than an effect and that without comparison there can be no real science.
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