The Qur’anic vision of theories of psychological motives for the emergence of religions Illusion theory - A model –

Abstract

The proposals of Western thought on the issue of religion and religiosity were not at the same pace, and in one way. In addition to that apparent contradiction in its theories, we also find that strangeness and anomaly in some others, and one of the strangest things that the Western intellectual arena has presented in the modern era is the illusion theory of the famous scientist Freud. He attributed the emergence of religion to psychological states, as he believes that religion is a pure illusion, and that the human need for it will disappear in the future. The general idea of ​​this theory is that reaching religious belief is achieved through the person’s own psychological experiences, as ideas are the result of need .

All current ideas are derived from past thought. Religious thought was born, grew, and developed in light of human needs that suffered from deprivation and repression. Man feels that he is protected by these ideas from the dangers that threaten him, whether from nature or from the human race itself, and since Freud gives power to the mind. Absolute in judging things, he considers every religious experience to be merely a response to human psychological needs, and it cannot be accepted and believed in its validity. Because they have not been subjected to pure experience, all religious doctrines are just an illusion.