Freud's psychoanalytic theories 'Religion'
Religion is an illusion and it derives its strength from the fact that it falls in with our instinctual desires. Freud believes that people rely on religion to give explanations for anxieties and tension they do not want to consciously believe in. This reverses the idea of any type of religion because he believes that it is constructed by the mind. The role of the mind is something that Freud repeatedly talks about because he believes that the mind is responsible for both conscious and unconscious decisions based on drives and forces. The idea that religion causes people to behave in a moral way is incorrect according to Freud because he believes that no other force has the power to control the ways in which people act. Unconscious desires motivate people to act accordingly.