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"Religion is the opiate of the people " is one of the most frequently quoted statements of Karl Marx. It was translated from the German original, "Die Religion ... ist das Opium des Volkes" and is...
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I understood this quote to mean that 'religion' in the general sense keeps the people listless and sedated as an opiate or opium leaves people. Opiates cause a person to sleep their life away, not caring about eating, working, or even their...
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First, let's be clear that, while Marx may have been an atheist, he didn't say that "God" is the opiate of the masses. He said that "religion" is the opiate of the masses. Religion is not God. It is man's attempt to understand and relate to God.
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The quote, in context, reads as follows: Religi ... Religion is the sigh of the oppressed creature, the heart of a heartless world, and the soul of soulless conditions. It is the opiate of the people [Emphasis added]; The abolition of religion as the illusory happiness of the people is the demand for their real happiness.
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I think the point he was trying to make, was that religion had a place in history. Humanity had endured much pain, ... Marx was speaking of his times and his times only. He had, for instance, never seen a college football bowl game, the NFL playoffs, or the final four in Basketball. Sports is the opiate of the masses.
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"Religion: Opiate of the Masses? ... Monday, January 10, at 7 p.m. ... The OSU Socratic Club will feature a debate on the topic, "Religion: Opiate of the Masses?" on Monday, January 10, at 7 p.m. in Gillfillan Auditorium.
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To what extent has religion contributed either to the perpetuation or eradication of inequality? Is it, as Marx contended, the "opiate of the masses" or might it be, as evidenced in liberation theology, the catalyst for social change?
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For Germany, the criticism of religion has been largely completed, and the criticism of religion is ... but theory also becomes a material force as soon as it has gripped the masses. Theory is capable of gripping the masses as soon as it demonstrates ad hominem, and it demonstrates ad hominem as soon as it becomes radical.
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Another way to approach this question in future might be, instead of trying to figure out and prove that religion is "superstition with an army" or, as Karl Marx put it, "the opiate of the masses", to look at how the uses of religion and superstition run parallel to each other.
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