A psychology critique of religion 1• Religion is merely a projection, privation, excitation) of our instinctual and basic desires. 2•Religion is like a childhood vacation, friendship,toy) in which we...

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Extracted text: A psychology critique of religion 1• Religion is merely a projection, privation, excitation) of our instinctual and basic desires. 2•Religion is like a childhood vacation, friendship,toy) in which we attempt to gain control of the world around us by enveloping ourselves in a wish-world, which is an external projection of our hopes and fears. (For example, we project the fear of paternal punishment, and the need for paternal love and protection, into a heavenly father figure in the sky.) Every religion is inherently unloving to people who are not part of it. 3. Religion is based on -_(positive, negative) emotions such as guilt and fear. (negation, _(neurosis,