The perspective that religious views are defense mechanisms created by people to make life tolerable is MOST characteristic of:
A) current thinking in the mental health profession.
B) classic Freudian psychotherapy.
C) conclusions drawn by research scientists.
D) the way in which the mental health profession is moving.

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This perspective is most characteristic of classic Freudian psychotherapy. Sigmund Freud, the founder of psychoanalysis, proposed that religious beliefs are illusions, fulfillments of the oldest, strongest, and most urgent wishes of mankind. He viewed religion as a form of collective neurosis, a defense mechanism against the harsh realities of life.

The Perspective That Religious Views Are Defense Mechanisms Created by People