Freud imagines someone who says: "Why shouldn't we believe in religion -- since its claims are consoling, have the backing of tradition, and cannot be disproved?"
Freud responds by saying that
Freud imagines someone who says: "Why shouldn't we believe in religion -- since its claims are consoling, have the backing of tradition, and cannot be disproved?"
Freud responds by saying that
This is the opposite of Freud's view.
Freud imagines someone who says: "Why shouldn't we believe in religion -- since its claims are consoling, have the backing of tradition, and cannot be disproved?"
Freud responds by saying that
He thinks that it's irresponsible and intellectually dishonest to base your beliefs on such feeble grounds. In other areas of life, no sensible person would "behave so irresponsibly or rest content with such feeble grounds for his opinions."
Freud imagines someone who says: "Why shouldn't we believe in religion -- since its claims are consoling, have the backing of tradition, and cannot be disproved?"
Freud responds by saying that
He responds in a very definite way!