@article{article_203892, title={İnanç ve İnançsızlığın Psikolojisi: 1}, journal={KADER Kelam Araştırmaları Dergisi}, volume={12}, year={2014}, DOI={10.18317/kader.10699}, author={Korkmaz, Nuran}, keywords={belief, unbelief, atheism, religion, pray, rituals and fate}, abstract={ In this study, believer and unbelievers? perceptions are examined in terms of their preferances, image of God and religious-oriented contents which are pray, rituals and fate with using phenomenological psychological methot. In this context, believer and unbelievers? perceptions are seperated in terms of level of education and gender. Less educated believers consider that religion is a aim; on the other hand, high educated believers think that religion is a tool in their life. Women use emotionaly-oriented words such as compassion and love, men use power-oriented words such as greatness and strength to describe religion and related issues. Unbeliver group emphasise s individual will and strength. They think that religion and related issues are non-sense and it gives only psychological comfort for believers.