Religion Is The Opium Of The Masses
Religion is the opium of the masses
“Religion it the opium of the masses” is one of the most frequently paraphrased statements of the German economist Karl Marx, “the father of communism”. The meaning of this statement is that religion is the equivalent of opium (a type of drug) to make masses of people feel better. Marx quoted that “religion is the sigh of the oppressed creature, the heart of a heartless wold, and the soul of the soulless condition.”
On one hand this quote rings true as many People seem to think that without religion, things would not be good for society. Many use religion to push their own ideology into others and try to force others to convert to the same religion by fear and telling them that if they are not good people and do bad things according to the religion they are worshiping, they will go to hell or some horrible place in afterlife. If religion right now was taken away by governments of the world the majority of the population would be lost not knowing how to think or what to do. This is where the quote “religion is the opium of the masses” comes in as a person, addicted to drugs would be lost, confused and not knowing what to do without the drug which is what exactly religion is. A drug completely pointless and addicting hundreds a second and without, thousands would be lost. Many people today worship a certain religion as it makes you feel better in many ways but what proof do they have that the god they worship is real? Do they have a scientific way of telling that the god or gods they worship truly exists watching over us as we slowly but surely destroy our birthplace earth? Surely if the gods or god existed he would have fixed the problem and god rid of war, violence and bad things humans do, right? This is what Marx was trying to say that religion is pointless and addict’s people just like opium.
On the other hand however this quote does not ring true. Karl Marx’s opinion on about religion seems very good at first and fits
“Religion it the opium of the masses” is one of the most frequently paraphrased statements of the German economist Karl Marx, “the father of communism”. The meaning of this statement is that religion is the equivalent of opium (a type of drug) to make masses of people feel better. Marx quoted that “religion is the sigh of the oppressed creature, the heart of a heartless wold, and the soul of the soulless condition.”
On one hand this quote rings true as many People seem to think that without religion, things would not be good for society. Many use religion to push their own ideology into others and try to force others to convert to the same religion by fear and telling them that if they are not good people and do bad things according to the religion they are worshiping, they will go to hell or some horrible place in afterlife. If religion right now was taken away by governments of the world the majority of the population would be lost not knowing how to think or what to do. This is where the quote “religion is the opium of the masses” comes in as a person, addicted to drugs would be lost, confused and not knowing what to do without the drug which is what exactly religion is. A drug completely pointless and addicting hundreds a second and without, thousands would be lost. Many people today worship a certain religion as it makes you feel better in many ways but what proof do they have that the god they worship is real? Do they have a scientific way of telling that the god or gods they worship truly exists watching over us as we slowly but surely destroy our birthplace earth? Surely if the gods or god existed he would have fixed the problem and god rid of war, violence and bad things humans do, right? This is what Marx was trying to say that religion is pointless and addict’s people just like opium.
On the other hand however this quote does not ring true. Karl Marx’s opinion on about religion seems very good at first and fits