AQA: RSS03 AS Unit C: Philosophy of Religion
Psychology is the science of the nature, functions and phenomena of the human mind. One key issue that psychology explores is whether religious belief is simply a product of the human mind. For example, are people religious because it gives them hope or brings them comfort? If these human needs or desires are the true origin of religion, there is no need to believe that God exists. Rather, God is a product or construction of the human mind. The two best-known commentators on psychology and religion are Sigmund Freud and his friend, and later rival, Carl Gustav Jung.
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