Descriptive
God, a projection of man?
On the axis: Existence of God · belief in God
If belief in God can be explained by human needs, fear, desire, social order, must we conclude that he does not exist, or does explaining why we believe say nothing about whether the belief is true?
Philosophers' positions
Major
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Agnosticism (Huxley)
Justification
Religion is a human production and an illusion, the opium of the people, at once a protest against real misery and a consolation that perpetuates it. The critique of religion, completed by and then traced by Marx to its social roots, is the presupposition of all critique: an avowed that would dispel heaven in order to transform earth.
Religion is the sigh of the oppressed creature, the heart of a heartless world, the soul of soulless conditions. It is the opium of the people.Critique of Hegel's Philosophy of Right, 1844
Contribution to the Critique of Hegel's Philosophy of Right, introduction (1844)
Anchors: Feuerbach · Freud · Marx · Durkheim