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A 6 page paper which examines various
perspectives concerning belief and doubt in the modern secular world. 11 sources cited.
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secular world. With the incredibly social and technological changes taking place in the last century this has become an increasingly important topic for many philosophers, poets, authors, and public figures.
Bearing that in mind the following paper provides a brief overview of some of the thoughts of noted minds. The individuals discussed are Freud, Nietzsche, Wallace Stevens, James Joyce, C.S.
Lewis, W.B. Riley, Malcolm X with Alex Haley, Chaim Potok, Martin Luther King Jr., and the Dalai Lama. The Question of a Weltanschauung - Freud While Freuds theories
addressed a great deal of intricacies, in regards to the faith in God Freud indicates that mankind inherently relates the ideals aimed at a father to God: "All these relations
are afterwards introduced by men unaltered into their religion. Their parents prohibitions and demands persist within them as a moral conscience. With the help of this same system of rewards
and punishments, God rules the world of men. The amount of protection and happy satisfaction assigned to an individual depends on his fulfillment of the ethical demands; his love of
God and his consciousness of being loved by God are the foundation of the security with which he is armed against the dangers of the external world and of his
human environment" (Freud NA). This would indicate that Freud felt that in a secular world, it may well be the case that mankind inherently seeks faith in a higher being.
The Death of God "The Antichrist" - Nietzsche In short, Nietzsche argued that God was essentially dead and that with the end of such faith and such spiritual
pursuits, the existence of mankind would fall to eventual ruin. He felt that the world was far too secular as it sought to find meaning away from God. Why
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