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    <body><![CDATA[interesting perspective on the illusion of religion from the king and creator of psycho-analysis. this is an extremely short read, and one that i will have to re-read again to get a firmer understanding of his analysis.<br/><br/>his scientific tactic of breaking down the creation and dissemination...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/48771649">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[Read this for Psychoanalysis and the Modern Novel. Quick read. Freud's basic premise: Religion has caused more chaos in the world than not because it has caused us to repress and become frustrated with certain id urges. Religion was created to build civilization. The image of God is connected with t...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/45946799">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[I love that this book is so divisive.  Even on this site, the rankings range from one star to the full five.  Many people credit this book with being the final argument which disproved the existence of God for them.  I credit it with affirming my own necessity for faith in Him.  There seems to be a ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/13412770">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[I was really impressed by this book. Possibly in part because it's not the kind of thing I expected to read from Freud given everything I knew(or thought I knew) about him.<br/><br/>The book is his thoughts on man relinquishing the need for religion. But really it's about society and civilization,...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/5233016">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[80 years before Dawkins, 80 years before Hitchens, Freud was making roughly the same argument, and doing it better.  While I don't accord logic the same primacy that Freud does, he creates a sympathetic argument, one based on the notion of human as bricoleur.  Also, he grants a better notion of myth...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/67201903">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[Imagine me turning my thumb upside down and blowing a raspberry. That's what I have to say about this book. His entire argument is, &quot;I bet people made up religion, since I can imagine circumstances under which someone might want to make up religion.&quot; That's some great police work there, Si...]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[Brief, clear, with interesting assertions that make sense in spite of thin argumentation.  (I'm sure he argues more fully in other works.)  I like it, and I think it's a good Freud text to start with... not too dense (and I can't handle dense stuff!).]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[This book was interesting and well-written. The rough idea is that religion developed out of a need for a father figure and all sorts of other psychological needs.<br/><br/>While reading this book, a person might suspect that it was ghost written by Nietzsche, for it takes ideas from genealogy of ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/30597402">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[Fascinating read, though a little difficult at times. I found myself rereading parts two or three times to attempt to understand what Freud was saying, though I'm a slow reader anyway...<br/>Great topic though, eye opening...]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[This will make anyone appreciate Freud's ability to take his undeniable genius and his varied but not necessarily deep cultural knowledge and use them to pull flowers out of his backside. ]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[i find freud to be pretty insufferable and full of himself. even if he has good points i am so annoyed by his writing style that i can't get to them. ]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[Freud was actually quite a good writer and here he makes some important points and illustrates some important observations about religion.  ]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[I don't necessarily agree with Freud's take on religion but it is very interesting. His description as &quot;man&quot; as needing religion to blanket us from fear, is compelling. ]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[Two stars because Freud is soo entertainingly out-there all the time. I recommend it based on that alone.]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[Dense. Interesting and smart writing, but it doesn't make it true. This book is a perfect example of that.]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[Short and to the point.  Great read if you have an open mind and intelligence.]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[I am not in any capacity a fan of Freud. ]]></body>
    
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