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Is there a God or did man just invent him? The religious critic Ludwig Feuerbach asked himself this question in 1841 in his work "The Essence of Christianity". In response, he developed his famous projection theory, which had a lasting influence on later religious critics such as Karl Marx, Friedrich Nietzsche and Sigmund Freud. Advertisement ???? You can find the scripts, slides and dossiers for the videos here https://ethikabibyboe.tentary.com You can then test your knowledge with the Quizlet learning set "Ludwig Feuerbach (Classical Criticism of Religion)": https://quizlet.com/_9y7bld?x=1jqt&i=... 0:00 Overview 3:01 Projection theory 5:57 Consequences for people 9:04 Criticism 10:42 Own opinion SOURCES ???? ⭐️Gäb, Sebastian. 2022. Philosophy of Religion. Nomos. Baden-Baden. https://www.buch7.de/produkt/religion... Feuerbach, Ludwig. 1842/ 2008. The essence of Christianity. Reclam. Stuttgart. You can find the work as a PDF here: https://ia802701.us.archive.org/14/it... Hasenburger, Jochen. 2012. God as projection. Ludwig Feuerbach's atheistic humanism. http://glaube-und-gemeinde.de/025%20G... Reitemeyer, Ursula. About Feuerbach. https://www.uni-muenster.de/EW/forsch... All online sources were last accessed on May 7, 2022. The books marked with a ⭐️ are particularly recommended on this topic. You can order the respective book directly via the affiliate links and I will receive a small commission. This way you can support my channel and many other important projects without incurring any additional costs. https://www.buch7.de/store/partner/et... donates 75% of its profits to support social, cultural and ecological projects, fully offsets all C02 emissions, pays fair wages to its employees, creates local jobs and pays its taxes in Germany ????. Thanks to the fixed book price, you don't pay a cent more than with other providers. Thank you for the support ❤️!