Can you design your own God as an avatar like projection from human psychology with the purpose of providing unconscious comfort and motivation to the conscious mind?

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The other people in the thread saying “yes this is what all gods are” are missing an important aspect of religion. A deity isn’t just one person’s projection, it’s an entire people’s. Everybody sharing in the belief gets to participate. And the deity provides comfort and a reason to connect to the whole society. A framework to cooperate with. Meaning to engage in.

Doing it all yourself is bound to not be as fulfilling. Building a community is much harder than just joining one that already exists. If you’re building a community of one, (plus your deity) you have to do all the work yourself.

It’s not as much fun as you would think. Share your spirituality. It’s hard, but not as hard, in the end, as not sharing it.