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== Freudian psychoanalysis devotees ==
== Freudian psychoanalysis devotees ==
[[Sigmund Freud]] and the atheistic and pseudoscientific [[Sigmund Freud|Freudian]] [[psychoanalysis]] has had a cultish following.<ref>[http://www.csulb.edu/~kmacd/paper-CrewsFreud.html The Freudian psychoanalysis cult] by Kevin MacDonald, Ph.D.</ref><ref>[http://archive.spectator.co.uk/article/5th-october-1985/32/the-pretensions-of-the-freudian-cult The pretensions of the Freudian cult by Thomas Szasz, ''The Spectator'', 4 OCTOBER 1985, Page 32]</ref> Freud maintained that belief in God fostered an unhealthy and dysfunctional frame of mind, but the social sciences now have an extensive collection of studies showing that theistic religion is a positive factor in relation to mental and physical well-being <ref>[http://www.christianitytoday.com/ct/2005/march/21.36.html The Twilight of Atheism] by Alister McGrath, ''Christianity Today''</ref> (See: [[Atheism and depression]] and [[Atheism and health]] and [[Sports performance: Religious faith vs. atheism]]).
[[Sigmund Freud]] and the atheistic and pseudoscientific [[Sigmund Freud|Freudian]] [[psychoanalysis]] has had a cultish following.<ref>[http://www.csulb.edu/~kmacd/paper-CrewsFreud.html The Freudian psychoanalysis cult] by Kevin MacDonald, Ph.D.</ref><ref>[http://archive.spectator.co.uk/article/5th-october-1985/32/the-pretensions-of-the-freudian-cult The pretensions of the Freudian cult by Thomas Szasz, ''The Spectator'', 4 OCTOBER 1985, Page 32]</ref>
[[Karl Popper]] indicated that [[psychoanalysis]] is merely a [[pseudoscience]] because its claims are not testable and therefore they cannot falsifiable.<ref> Popper KR, "Science: Conjectures and Refutations", reprinted in Grim P (1990) Philosophy of Science and the Occult, Albany, 104–110</ref> See also: [[Psychology and pseudoscience]]
Freud maintained that belief in God fostered an unhealthy and dysfunctional frame of mind, but the social sciences now have an extensive collection of studies showing that theistic religion is a positive factor in relation to mental and physical well-being <ref>[http://www.christianitytoday.com/ct/2005/march/21.36.html The Twilight of Atheism] by Alister McGrath, ''Christianity Today''</ref> (See: [[Atheism and depression]] and [[Atheism and health]] and [[Sports performance: Religious faith vs. atheism]]).
As far as Freud's and other anti-religious or non-religious individuals influence on the present day makeup of the present community of psychologists, in 2009 it was reported that psychologists are the least religious professors.<ref>[http://epiphenom.fieldofscience.com/2009/05/psychologists-are-least-religious-of.html Psychologists are the least religious of American Professors]</ref>
As far as Freud's and other anti-religious or non-religious individuals influence on the present day makeup of the present community of psychologists, in 2009 it was reported that psychologists are the least religious professors.<ref>[http://epiphenom.fieldofscience.com/2009/05/psychologists-are-least-religious-of.html Psychologists are the least religious of American Professors]</ref>