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a) Describe Psychological challenges to religious belief There are two main contributors to the arguments posed against religious belief: Freud and Jung. They were both philosophers whose theories have grown to be famous this does not mean to say, however, that they agreed with each other. Freud believed that religious belief was born from infantile obsession with a father figure. In Freud's opinion, people use religion to fulfil wishes deeply rooted in mankind such as the assurance that death is not the end and that there is someone watching over us and caring for us. Freud believed people seek comfort from personifying the elements and believing that they can influence them by the behaviour. One of Freud's most memorable points was his belief that religious belief was a neurosis. In his famous book Totem and Taboo Freud gives a suggestion for the beginnings of religious belief. This story was founded closely on...

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