- Ludwig Feuerbach argued that the reality of God could be reduced to the human projection of a deity based on human insecurities. God is the idealisation of human desires.
- God is simply a product of psychological hopes and fears. Children make up imaginary friends to deal with their insecurities and so do humans)
- God gives us comfort in our lives and is in fact just a concept to keep us in a state of mental âblissâ
âWhat man is in need of he makes Godâ and âWhat man wishes to be he makes Godâ (Feuerbach)
âTheology is anthropologyâ (Feuerbach)