He even wrote several books focused on the topic of religion.
Learn more about Freud’s complicated relationship withreligionandspirituality.
“My language is German.
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My culture, my attainments are German.
I considered myself German intellectually until I noticed the growth of anti-Semitic prejudice in Germany and German Austria.
Since that time, I prefer to call myself a Jew,” he wrote in 1925.
Religion According to Freud
So how did Freud feel about religion?
Freud’s Criticisms of Religion
Although fascinated by religion and spirituality, Freud was quite critical.
Religions, at any rate, have never overlooked the part played in civilization by a sense of guilt.
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