"Religion is the opiate of the masses"
2006-09-19 06:49:06 · 33 answers · asked by ~O.N.E.~ 5 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Yes.
It also was part of a society in which people were made to look to the state and nothing bigger. Ironically enough, the communist USSR wasn't truly atheist--it was more like the corrupted Paleo-Pagan states in Rome and Egypt where people were asked to worship their rulers as Gods.
2006-09-19 06:51:34 · answer #1 · answered by GreenEyedLilo 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It is not offensive to me or most other followers of Jesus. However, it may be very offensive to many "Christians". I do not however know much about opiates. Perhaps it depends on the Religion, some get offended easily.
2006-09-19 07:04:44 · answer #2 · answered by TheNewCreationist 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Not offensive, but slightly off-the-mark for today's world. In present-day USA we could accurately say:
"Television is the opiate of the masses".
In other words, stop freaking out over who to vote for on American Idol and start worrying about 2008, dummies!!!
2006-09-19 06:53:51 · answer #3 · answered by Irish Red 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Well Marx thought that religion just suppressed society so that they would be happy with their lot in life. However, Durkheim was a functionalist who saw that Religion was as important as education and government in order to keep society balanced and working well like the human body needs the different organs to work well.
I dont see it was a problem and i am a christian, but i can understand that some people might take an offence to it.
2006-09-19 06:55:33 · answer #4 · answered by Hannie S 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
That was spoken or written by a Satanist, who saw no value in giving God His due.
We are obliged to worship God, in the religion He gave us (Catholicism, outside of which there is no salvation). I'm not talking about the modern version, which is Protestantized, but how it was done for most of 2000 years.
If they followed the proper religion (mentioned above), people would be virtuous, and crime, greed and misery would be almost non-existent. We would be good stewards of the earth and good to each other.
But, people were given free will, so they often drift off to the dark side, and the Devil whispers in their ears and usually ends up taking their souls...
2006-09-19 07:01:57 · answer #5 · answered by mrearly2 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think television and the internet are today's opiates for the masses.
2006-09-19 06:53:11 · answer #6 · answered by DRDAVE 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Religion is the opiate of the masses. (Karl Marx). That's the truth, offensive or not, it's the truth!
2006-09-19 06:50:40 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
Offensive or not, it is true! I am watching a programme on TV right now about London in the 18th Century. Then there were riots against "Popery" ( Catholicism ) when it was said "The mob would riot even if they knew not whether the Pope was a man or a horse".
2006-09-19 06:57:17 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I would think it would be if someone is religious.It is generally degrading the idea of religion in general saying that religion is a drug that alters ones consciousness which means that religious people are not in their right mindset.
I personally agree with it but then again I am agnostic :)
2006-09-19 06:53:42 · answer #9 · answered by Pudge_Monsta 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
...well, maybe so.. but what if you consider that those who followed Marxist thinking did indeed redistribute the wealth.. unfortunately someone has to be the kindly big brother who takes care of it all.. and then not only did vast numbers of the population starve right to death, but many more were the victims of genocide.. Whereas christianity sparked free enterprise, everyone work and attain in order to eat, etc, and sparked democracy.. Unfortunately the big move is on to overthrow western society.. and almost no one is more for it than western society itself! [Who was it said they would defeat the U.S. from within.. carry on folks..]
2006-09-19 07:04:16 · answer #10 · answered by flowerchilde 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋