Psychology of Atheism part 1 of 2 apologetics

a lecture by Paul Vitz proffesor of psychology at New York University showing the argument that religion is only caused by psychological factors is a 2 edged sword that can be equally applied to atheism etc.

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[corvus6corax]

Man creates God so therefore god exist,, That's psychology

[grandconjunct]

Mans mind wants food , sex, truth, God etc. etc. and these things actually exist in the real world as no suprise to the believer in God, but you need to first show God is Irrational before you can explain away mans inborn need for God , thats Logic and philosophy but once you enter this field you will soon learn there is no evidence "that there is no evidnece for God." thats Logic.

[MetaphysicsAddict]

Hi.. at 43 seconds into the video, there is a picture of an owl and lake with the moon reflecting in the water. It's a beautiful picture. Will you please tell me how to find it and/or what it is called?

[grandconjunct]

If I knew the answer to either I would tell you, back in 2007 I copy and pasted thousands of pictures off of dozens of web pages that contained millions of pics, and those JPG's are on my old computer so I can't even send it to you. sorry I can't help those memories are all long gone now.

[godsentyes]

I love how Theists say Atheists "reject god". So is it right for Atheists to say Theists "reject reality"?

[grandconjunct]

God makes reality and minds that can know, comprehend, and analyze reality (makes science possible) and makes minds with Math,Logic and Reason that actually correspond to reality (makes reasoning possible) which Gives Humans confidence there Minds are trustworthy and designed, as opposed to atheism which must question if the brain models reality accurately, but then if you don't believe the brain represents reality accurately why believe it represents it at all?

atheism destroys all Reality

[gotrootdude]

@stevek037 It still doesn't make any sense. Atheism isn't believing the reverse. Atheism is not holding a belief. I consider myself a ignostic atheist. Whether or not a god is plausible depends on the definition of god used. Most religious definitions of god are blatantly self-contradicting, ie. impossible. However, if a god is proposed that is consistent with observable evidence and non-self-contradicting, I have no problem with accepting the possibility that god might exist.

[hens0w]

so what your saying is since I think my father is a grate man I'm a theist. wrong

this means you loss

[gotrootdude]

Describing the unknown using the known is a sequential logical process. Describing the known using the unknown is a form of theological insanity. I don't believe that discussion of the psychological reasons people have illogical thought processes should be taken off the table, even if the illogical side may attempt to use it as a means to remain illogical.

[stevek037]

LOL Really? Did you not listen to the argument? It's an attack on the view that presupposes God doesn't exists and gives a psychological explanation for why we have that false belief. He's essentially saying, "two can play that game!" Thus comes up with a psychological explanation for the belief in atheism discounting the veracity of the belief. These are both bad approaches and he's giving this example to show that it's not a very effective or tenable position to hold.

[TheEarthAbides]

ah, good work. yea as soon as i heard the Oedipus complex to explain the rejection of god i rolled my eyes and knew this guy was compromised.

[Chuichupachichi]

Freud was nothing more than a walking, talking, sloppy vagina. His downward gaze towards his father was for the sake of anti semitism against 1 Jew. But "Jewish" is a race, religion, culture & existence that is entirely derived from God. Before God's interaction with Abraham, Isaac & Jacob, Hebrew/Jewish didn't exist

Thus, Freud's atheism was anti semitic against the entirety of "Jewish". That much anti semitism is equally as obvious & only his extremely lacking fortitude could have blinded

[Chuichupachichi]

him to his being willfully oblivious to it. One may think that such a thing would require one whom is quite a ways off center. If so, then one should stop believing that anyone desiring to be his own sibling's father can possibly be anywhere near to the center

From this sort of a drastically warped, walking, vaginal, air corrupting exhaler did the world receive the ruler by which to measure normalcy? It's no wonder that the highly abnormal & unnatural homosexuality gets the empirical vote

[Chuichupachichi]

& 2 thumbs up. While there are millions whom never committed a crime, yet their now destroyed lives are determined by the judicially imposed, "opinion" of one whom was dumb enough & had the desire for power & control over humans, enough to dedicate his life to that invented in the mind of a motherfucker. Thus, Freud's & the animal trainer's legacy's live on. The now widespread vaginal acts are from when after they have witnessed that their couch squandering industry actually damages far more

[Chuichupachichi]

individuals than they help & can be seen to be a superficial success. Basically, the governments control tool of Motherfuckinology is only suited for the role of "Subjective Weapon". Precisely how gov. agencies use it each time they greatly desire to do what is disallowed by the law which they enforce on everyone but themselves. 1 opinion later & whoalla, what was yesterday a terrible crime, is today a pious virtue. The law is highly objective. Overcoming it requires something highly subjective

[Chuichupachichi]

The results is a real motherfucker! Most psycho couch therapists are materialist humanists. Inevitably so, for such is the mother of motherfuckinology. The true insanity lies in that after these atheists speak of how God (due to being immaterial) cannot be proved by science (for they require a evidential smoking gun) Still, they'll have you believe that "science" says that the immaterial mind can be made ill by something else, also immaterial