The Ever Present Aspect of Religion

... And still blogging about Freud. I agreed with Freud's view on how religion is an illusion and how children's parents (usually the father) is viewed as "god-like" and powerful. What I got out of reading Freud's religion section [in Pojman's book] was that parents usually instill some kind of religious aspect into their child's world, whether the child wants to be open to it or not. When the child reaches around the age where he/she is able to form peer groups (friendships, cliques, crowds), he/she may see that the stance they have taken on religion (because of what was forced on them as a child) is not the only one and may begin to question it. If faith in the family, as well as family bonds are strong, the child will probably continue to stick with the families religion; if not the child who is now entering adolescence will venture off into different forms of religion or have none at all.

Personally, if I were to follow Freud's view that children viewed their father's as 'god-like', it would make perfect sense that I questioned my belief in the Roman Catholic faith at age 11, when my parents finalized their divorce, 8 years after my dad cheated on my mom, moved out, and left her with me and my two brothers. Being raised in the Catholic religion, I didn't see why it was fair that I had to go to CCD every week, when they're wasn't even a god; my dad committed adultery and my parents got divorced- two things that were shunned in The Bible. So, why should I be the one to sit through an hour of bullshit of some lady telling me that Jesus walked on water and healed the sick? My family didn't even go to church anymore. So I told my mom I didn't believe in god and that I wasn't going to be a Catholic anymore. And I'm not ever going to god damn CCD again.