For Sigmund Freud, #religion is a way of #coping with the world. It's a way to deal with all of the terrible and deadly things beyond our control. We can all feel insignificant from time to time. It takes only a few days without sleep or a stomach bug to make us realise how vulnerable we are. And so, in an attempt to reclaim a sense of control over our lives and over the world, we've invented religion. #Freud thought that we are all terrified of nature, both the forces of #nature like lightning