“…It's a little like saying that Oedipus wasn't really the son of Jocasta: assertions of historical truth or falsity can only be distractions when one is dealing with mythology. I have discussed this elsewhere in relation to Christian affirmations of ‘belief’ (Black, 2020). But Freud also arrives in this text at a truly important question about religion: the nature of the psychological impact of religion on the believer.…”
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“…It's a little like saying that Oedipus wasn't really the son of Jocasta: assertions of historical truth or falsity can only be distractions when one is dealing with mythology. I have discussed this elsewhere in relation to Christian affirmations of ‘belief’ (Black, 2020). But Freud also arrives in this text at a truly important question about religion: the nature of the psychological impact of religion on the believer.…”
Section: The Originality Of Whitebook's Biographymentioning
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