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Sigmund Freud's views on religion are described in several of his books and essays. Freud considered God as a fantasy, based on the infantile need for a dominant father figure, with religion as a necessity in the development of early civilization to help restrain our violent impulses, that can now be discarded in favor of science and reason. [ 1]
The religious views of Thomas Jefferson diverged widely from the traditional Christianity of his era. Throughout his life, Jefferson was intensely interested in theology, religious studies, and morality. [ 1][ 2] Jefferson was most comfortable with Deism, rational religion, theistic rationalism, and Unitarianism. [ 3]
Religious and philosophical views of Albert Einstein. Albert Einstein's religious views have been widely studied and often misunderstood. [ 1] Albert Einstein stated "I believe in Spinoza's God ". [ 2] He did not believe in a personal God who concerns himself with fates and actions of human beings, a view which he described as naïve. [ 3]
e. Nazi Germany was an overwhelmingly Christian nation. A census in May 1939, six years into the Nazi era [ 1] after the annexation of Austria and Czechoslovakia [ 2] into Germany, indicates [ 3] that 54% of the population considered itself Protestant, 41% considered itself Catholic, 3.5% self-identified as Gottgläubig [ 4] (lit. "believing in ...
Matthew 19:13–15. Then were there brought unto him little children, that he should put his hands on them, and pray: and the disciples rebuked them. But Jesus said, Suffer little children, and forbid them not, to come unto me: for of such is the kingdom of heaven. And he laid his hands on them, and departed thence. Luke 18:15–17.
This page is one of a series listing English translations of notable Latin phrases, such as veni vidi vici and et cetera. Some of the phrases are themselves translations of Greek phrases, as ancient Greek rhetoric and literature started centuries before the beginning of Latin literature in ancient Rome. [ 1] This list covers the letter D.
Schramm quotes Dr. Hanskarl von Hasselbach, one of Hitler's personal physicians, as saying that Hitler was a "religious person, or at least one who was struggling with religious clarity". According to von Hasselbach, Hitler did not share Martin Bormann 's conception that Nazi ceremonies could become a substitute for church ceremonies, and was ...
Quiverfull is a Christian theological position that sees large families as a blessing from God. [ 1][ 2][ 3] It encourages procreation, abstaining from all forms of birth control, natural family planning, and sterilization reversal. [ 4] The movement derives its name from Psalm 127:3–5, where many children are metaphorically referred to as ...