Philosophy is defined in the Oxford dictionary as, “the use of reason and argument in seeking the truth and knowledge or reality, especially of the causes and nature of things and of the principles governing existence, the material universe, perception of physical phenomena and human behavior.” Consequently, religion is defined as “ respect for what is sacred, reverence for the gods.” Religion can be characterized as a white …show more content…
They call themselves as atheists, from atheism which means in Greek a “without” and theos “God”. They surmise that God is part of a realm that is pure speculation and illusion. This belief can also be asserted that believing in one religion is bad. In some point, these disbelief is caused by the fact that humans develop anxiety as they delve deeper on the explanation of different phenomena, which include sunrise, sunset, death and birth. If the vantage point is faith it could be religious in nature, but if the vantage point is rationality and philosophically then religion is just a psychological projection. Psychological projection is not a religious mindset at all. Unlike fundamentalism, mysticism and apologetics, psychological projection denies the existence of God as an objective, rational and existing being. God, according to this view, is just a human construct. This argument was supported by great thinkers like Karl Marx and Ludwig Feuerbach, which conclude that religion is just a result of the human psyche. Looking further on Karl Marx’s argument, he said that religion is just a fabrication of man to comfort pain anxiety and hardships of