Civilization and Its Discontents—

I cannot say I fully stand Freud.  But, what I get from this book is the perspective of someone who holds to Atheistic/Evolutionary theory trying to deal w/ problem of guilt and aggression.  Even if we take away the theistic worldview, the problem of sin and guilt still remains.  And since the atheist rejects the idea of divine command theory, he needs to come up w/ a whole new paradigm for labeling such and dealing w/ morality.  As a person who holds to a theistic worldview, I thought Freud had an honest and accurate observation of the nature of fallen humanity.  But, for his interpretation, I would have to disagree to the point of it being very fanciful.  It’s rather ironic that for a person who claims religion as a fanciful illusion, his explanation of reality seemed just as ‘creative’ and fanciful.  But, no doubt that he’s had a huge amount of influence in modern western thoughts – I recognize his footprints almost everywhere!