After Science, What's Left For Religion? (reject, salvation, beliefs, evolution)

[Sunstone]

Originally Posted by Jayhawker Soule

That's unfortunate ...

Is it reasonable to say that you now believe whatever experiences you yourself might have are compelling to everyone else? Or, does your response indicate you'd rather not deal with that question?

[Willamena]

Originally Posted by Sunstone

Is it reasonable to say that you now believe whatever experiences you yourself might have are compelling to everyone else? Or, does your response indicate you'd rather not deal with that question?

I think he just meant that it's unfortunately you didn't recognize the humour.

[Sunstone]

Originally Posted by Willamena

I think he just meant that it's unfortunately you didn't recognize the humour.

I did recognize the humor. But, the humor had a point to it, and that point relied on the assumption that one person's experience was compelling on another person. So, I got curious about whether he actually believed that.

[An-D]

If I recall properly, Freud's theory about religion was that people are neurotic. We see nature as negative. "With these forces nature rises up against us, majestic, cruel and inexorable; she brings to our mind once more our weakness and helplessness". So, in responce to this fear, the belief is that humans began to humanize religion. They began to shape and mold nature into these shapes that eventually evolved into the notion of gods. So, before science, this is how humans were able to explain nature. Before science, religion was our science. So, Freud concluded that the more we learn about our environment through science, the less we will need religion. The more we learn about our brains and behaviors and why we do bad things and good things, the less we will need religion. Eventually, occording to Freud, religion will not have a function in future societies. Everything will be evaluated and concluded through chemicals, cells, genes, and memes. And I agree with that. Once the human race figures out every dark secret that the brain holds, I believe we will have science to explain nature, good and evil, morality, disease, the nature of religion and people, and the need for religion will not exist any longer. (The essay I quoted and used for this conclusion was Sigmund Freud. The Future of an Illusion. Translated and edited by James Strachey. W.W. Norton and Co. New York: 1961.)

[Spirit Channeller]

I hate to tell you this but Freud was wrong and now that he is in the Spirit World and his Spirit Very much alive and now that he knows there is truly Life After Death he no doubt looks for some human on Earth that he can talk through to further his thoughts.
Even Signumd Freud died like everyone else and when he did his Spirit with all its intelligence went to the after Life and when he arrived and looked around and realized how wrong he was I am wondering what he thought?
Did he then go and look for a Channel for Spirit to speak back to Earth and further some of his Ideas or did he just take a rest after being so wrong?