Man created God in his own image
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"[[Man created God in his own image]]" is an example of an [[anthropotheism|anthropotheic]] dictum. | "[[Man created God in his own image]]" is an example of an [[anthropotheism|anthropotheic]] dictum. | ||
- | [[Ludwig Feuerbach]] says in his famous Heidelberg "[[Lectures on the Essence of Religion]]." | + | It is generally ascribed to [[Ludwig Feuerbach]] who in in his "[[Lectures on the Essence of Religion]]" states: |
:"Denn nicht Gott schuf den Menschen nach seinem Bilde, wie es in der [[Bibel]] heißt, sondern der Mensch schuf, wie ich im »Wesen des Christentums« zeigte, Gott nach seinem Bilde." | :"Denn nicht Gott schuf den Menschen nach seinem Bilde, wie es in der [[Bibel]] heißt, sondern der Mensch schuf, wie ich im »Wesen des Christentums« zeigte, Gott nach seinem Bilde." |
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"Man created God in his own image" is an example of an anthropotheic dictum.
It is generally ascribed to Ludwig Feuerbach who in in his "Lectures on the Essence of Religion" states:
- "Denn nicht Gott schuf den Menschen nach seinem Bilde, wie es in der Bibel heißt, sondern der Mensch schuf, wie ich im »Wesen des Christentums« zeigte, Gott nach seinem Bilde."
It is often shortened to "Der Mensch schuf Gott nach seinem Bilde." "God did not, as the Bible says, make man in His image; on the contrary man, as I have shown in The Essence of Christianity, made God in his image. (tr. Ralph Manheim), shortened to "Man made God in His image."
In The Psychopathology of Everyday Life (1900) Freud describes how he found himself reversing the well-known text of Genesis, "God created man in his own image," into "Man created God in his."
Original German excerpt: "'Gott schuf den Menschen nach seinem Bilde' und dessen veränderte Fassung 'der Mensch schuf Gott nach dem seinigen'."
See also
- God created man in his own image
- Ludwig Feuerbach
- Theomorphism
- Anthropotheism
- Psychological projection