The Torah has strict rules surrounding how Jewish people should act, what they should eat, and customs during their holidays (BBC, 2012). This is another illusionary aspect of religion since it is nearly impossible for people to follow these laws and rules all the time; and plays into the infantile fulfilment of always being accountable to someone else. Both Christianity and Judaism have mythic origin stories that create mystery surrounding he religions which give the religions illusionary qualities that fulfill infantile wishes. Christianity and Judaism believe that the universe was created by God to have the work of God carried out by those who inhabit the earth (Christianity, 2016; BBC, 2012). Both religions believe that the earth was created in 7-days by God through the Book of Genesis (Christianity, 2016; BBC, 2012). This displays an illusionary aspect of the religions that they both believe that a higher being created the universe and the earth in order to bring meaning to our existence. Although it is not overt, it goes hand in hand with
The Torah has strict rules surrounding how Jewish people should act, what they should eat, and customs during their holidays (BBC, 2012). This is another illusionary aspect of religion since it is nearly impossible for people to follow these laws and rules all the time; and plays into the infantile fulfilment of always being accountable to someone else. Both Christianity and Judaism have mythic origin stories that create mystery surrounding he religions which give the religions illusionary qualities that fulfill infantile wishes. Christianity and Judaism believe that the universe was created by God to have the work of God carried out by those who inhabit the earth (Christianity, 2016; BBC, 2012). Both religions believe that the earth was created in 7-days by God through the Book of Genesis (Christianity, 2016; BBC, 2012). This displays an illusionary aspect of the religions that they both believe that a higher being created the universe and the earth in order to bring meaning to our existence. Although it is not overt, it goes hand in hand with