"The Dominance of the two new Father-Surrogates..."

"...show the most energetic signs of the ambivalence that remains a characteristic of a religion." 

In Freud's essay Totem and Taboo, he writes about the "Father" religions and the uprising of the "Sons". This is eerily similar to Freud's theory of the Oedipus Complex. The story of Oedipus depicts a man who killed his father and married his mother, just as the prophecies said he would. In many religions today, we hear tales about how the father was overcome by his son, and thus the son became the new Deity. In Christianity, God was the Deity people prayed to and believed in. If a miracle was observed, people shouted praise to God. However, when God sent his son to Earth, Jesus began to provide miracles. People began praying to Jesus and worshiping him, instead of only God. Today, people think of Jesus as the miracle-worker, and not God. Jesus has, to some extent, overshadowed his Heavenly Father.

This story repeats itself in many other religions as well. In Islam, Muhammad overshadows Allah just as Jesus did. (Correct me if I'm wrong. I'm no expert on any religion). Even some Ancient Egyptian cultures talk of the son of one God beheading his father for more power. In Ancient Greece and Rome, other Gods were killed or weakened by their sons.

So basically, many religions are based on the same story: the father has a son, the son kills or weakens the father, and the son gains more power.

(Sorry if I offended anyone. I was just pointing out a pattern I've noticed. Don't kill me, okay?)