56%
Confidence
Belief overview
Critique of religious revelation
Scriptures and revelations are seen as human products, historical, or not demonstrated.
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Supportive
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Contrary
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Neutral
What it is: Atheism frequently rejects the idea of normative supernatural revelation.
How the position understands it: Sacred texts are treated as historical, literary, or ideological documents, produced by human communities in concrete contexts.
Argumentative basis and context: The critique uses history, philology, anthropology, internal inconsistencies, and comparison between traditions.
Debates and variations: Some currents are interested in the cultural value of religion without accepting its revealed authority.
Documentary evidence
Supportive
Karl Marx, Critique of Hegel’s Philosophy of Right
A classic text on religion as social response and symptom.
Reference: Karl Marx, introduction to the critique of Hegel’s philosophy of right.
Content: The famous text on religion as the sigh of the oppressed creature interprets it in connection with social and political alienation.
Use in debate: It is a decisive source for the social criticism of religion.
Ludwig Feuerbach, The Essence of Christianity
Religion is interpreted as a human projection.
Reference: Ludwig Feuerbach, The Essence of Christianity.
Content: Feuerbach argues that divine attributes reflect human idealizations projected outside the self.
Use in debate: It is central to understanding religion as a human and psychological phenomenon.