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Essay / Pareidolia: interpretation of patterns in the ordinary world
Christian belief is based on a single God. This God is described as omnipotent, omniscient, omnipresent and omnibenevolent. All these traits are human characteristics simply illustrated to suit an idealistic being. For example, humanity is powerful but not omnipotent; people are knowledgeable, but not omniscient. "The idea of God is a product of the human mind, modeled on us, the idealization of what we consider to be our best qualities, according to this view." This revelation expressed by Feuerbach explains very well why God is perceived in an all-encompassing mansion. The Christian God is the positive metaphysical projection of all that is good and powerful in human nature; however, the faithful have freely attributed all these higher qualities to a single being, while relegating themselves to lives of lesser distinction. Throughout the Christian religion, followers follow a book of stories and teachings designed to further instruct followers on how they should shape their lives and attitudes to become more like God and his earthly manifestation "Jesus." . But if we analyze the Christian religion through an anthropomorphic philosophy, we could conclude that the text simply teaches us more about