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It turns out that the psychologists have finally come round to the view that “being Catholic is good for you”. As Jordan Peterson very recently observed, Catholicism is “as sane as you can get”.
Psychology has frowned on religion ever since Sigmund Freud believed he had made a connection between the practice of religion and mental illness. The connection was bogus, in fact, but the association between religion and mental illness, or religion providing a crutch for those who could not cope, stuck.
In fact, many of Freud’s research outcomes were based on bad science, but the most damaging may have been his campaign against religion. It led to a whole culture of secular psychological disdain.
The problem was that Freud, who in his capacity as an atheist with a chip on his shoulder and an “I despise my father complex”, embarked on a campaign against belief in God. Recent critics of Freud, applying his own theories on him, see this campaign as a wholesale and rather toxic act of projection. The conclusion many have come to was that it appeared that since he couldn’t deal with his contempt for his real father, he could at least take revenge on the ultimate father.
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Psychology has frowned on religion ever since Sigmund Freud believed he had made a connection between the practice of religion and mental illness. The connection was bogus, in fact, but the association between religion and mental illness, or religion providing a crutch for those who could not cope, stuck.
In fact, many of Freud’s research outcomes were based on bad science, but the most damaging may have been his campaign against religion. It led to a whole culture of secular psychological disdain.
The problem was that Freud, who in his capacity as an atheist with a chip on his shoulder and an “I despise my father complex”, embarked on a campaign against belief in God. Recent critics of Freud, applying his own theories on him, see this campaign as a wholesale and rather toxic act of projection. The conclusion many have come to was that it appeared that since he couldn’t deal with his contempt for his real father, he could at least take revenge on the ultimate father.
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Finally the experts agree that being Catholic is good for your health - Catholic Herald
It turns out that the psychologists have finally come round to the view that “being Catholic is good for you”. As Jordan Peterson very
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