Jung asserts the idea that the unconscious is made up of more than just personal experience. He says that it includes inherited thought patterns in the form of categories or archetypes. Through this idea, he expresses that the longing for a God could be a passion from our darkest, instinctual nature. I assume then, that he would attribute the phenomenon of religion to this idea. It could then be argued that this passion is one of many causes of such fervent religious debates that have occurred throughout history. Whether or not his ideas are true, I am not certain. They seem as though they would be hard to prove or disprove. Either way, it is still an interesting proposal.
posted by Rich @ 7:15 PM
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