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→Errant notion that atheism is the result of higher intelligence
Also, due the lack of evidence for atheism and the [[Christian apologetics|great amount of evidence]] for Christianity, atheism is not a respectable intellectual position. For example, God's [[creation]] plainly points to the existence of God <ref>[http://creation.com/creation-answers Creation vs. evolution]</ref> (see also: [[Atheism has a lower retention rate compared to other worldviews]]).
Also, due the lack of evidence for atheism and the [[Christian apologetics|great amount of evidence]] for Christianity, atheism is not a respectable intellectual position. For example, God's [[creation]] plainly points to the existence of God <ref>[http://creation.com/creation-answers Creation vs. evolution]</ref> (see also: [[Atheism has a lower retention rate compared to other worldviews]]).
== Sigmund Freud's view of religion ==
[[Image:freud-thumb.jpg|right|200px|thumb|[[Sigmund Freud]] in his laboratory]]
''See also:'' [[Sigmund Freud's view of religion]]
[[Psychology|Psychologist]] [[Sigmund Freud]] was a proponent of atheism who argued that theism was detrimental to mental health.<ref name="christtoday">McGrath, Alister (February 28, 2005). [http://www.christianitytoday.com/ct/2005/003/21.36.html "The twilight of atheism"]. ''Christianity Today'' website. Retrieved on May 23, 2015.</ref> [[Oxford]] Professor [[Alister McGrath]], author of the book ''The Twilight of Atheism'', stated the following regarding Freud:
{{cquote|One of the most important criticisms that Sigmund Freud directed against religion was that it encourages unhealthy and dysfunctional outlooks on life. Having dismissed religion as an illusion, Freud went on to argue that it is a negative factor in personal development. At times, Freud's influence has been such that the elimination of a person's religious beliefs has been seen as a precondition for mental health.
Freud is now a fallen idol, the fall having been all the heavier for its postponement. There is now growing awareness of the importance of spirituality in health care, both as a positive factor in relation to well-being and as an issue to which patients have a right. The "Spirituality and Healing in Medicine" conference sponsored by [[Harvard]] Medical School in 1998 brought reports that 86 percent of Americans as a whole, 99 percent of family physicians, and 94 percent of HMO professionals believe that prayer, meditation, and other spiritual and religious practices exercise a major positive role within the healing process.<ref name="christtoday">http://www.christianitytoday.com/ct/2005/march/21.36.html</ref>}}
Freud remains popular among [[postmodern]] literary academics, who use his [[anti-Christian]] pseudoscience as a basis for their own anti-Christianity and moral relativism, even though his theories were disproved decades ago.
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