Ludwig Feuerbach's The Essence Of Christianity

The Essence of Christianity was written by Ludwig Feuerbach. The book critiques Christian religion and the existence of a God. His Goal was not to demolish the traditional religion but to alter it into a “Secular Humanism” that he called “realized Christianity.” He wanted to get humans attention away from praising God, who to him existed as a projected image. However he wanted to redirect their love and devotion to all humankind. Humans created God by recognizing the respected values and feeling that a humans can possess. The will that humans have comes from the perception of God’s love. Than we imagine these values in a perfect form eventually putting them into our personal identity, which we portray as anthropomorphism. Therefore, we believe …show more content…
Who we identify to have human like characteristics. This process take place when humans in this case values and emotions that humans are capable of. Then invest the perfection that God has into our personal identity. When thinking about what Feuerbach view on anthropomorphism, it is hard to agree with him. Nobody can put a limit on one’s imagination or opinion. Therefore if someone wants to believe in something they have the right too. Without imagination the world would be confined and always looked at the same. Another reason to disagree with him would be because it is up to humans realize will and reason that God has. There is not a real distinction in nature. Meaning humans have the will to be inspired and God gives human the reason to be inspire. Furthermore, humans portray God as a perfect being but they know that there is not always positivity when it comes to religion. For example people commit sins such Adam and Eve did. God is seen by humans as perfect however within that perfection there are limits. Feuerbach wanted people to see that they did not need to worship a higher being because God is nothing to