Personally, I don't believe this. Just curious on other views.
2006-12-22 07:58:51 · 12 answers · asked by Diesel Weasel 7 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
With great healing power.
2006-12-22 19:40:12 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 6⤊ 0⤋
Religion is a lot of things to different people. I guess some could use it as a form of self-medication. For some it's the ultimate Ego Stroke. Examples: "I am chosen." or "I am saved".
2006-12-22 16:08:18 · answer #2 · answered by Kithy 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Sure it is. "Die Religion ... ist das Opium des Volkes" ("Religion is the opiate of the masses"): Karl Marx. Religion is the sigh of the oppressed creature, the heart of a heartless world, and the soul of soulless conditions. It is the opium of the people.
Bertrand Russell said: "Religion in any shape or form is regarded as pernicious and deliberate falsehood, spread and encouraged by rulers and clerics in their own interests, since it is easier to control over the ignorant." in "Wisdom of the West"
John Courtney Murray: " it is history, not God, that makes the nature of man".
The abolition of religion as the illusory happiness of the people is the demand for their real happiness. To call on them to give up their illusions about their condition is to call on them to give up a condition that requires illusions. The criticism of religion is, therefore, in embryo, the criticism of that vale of tears of which religion is the halo.
2006-12-22 16:19:22 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Religion is a form of self-medication. Faith in God is a form of Gods healing.
2006-12-22 16:30:27 · answer #4 · answered by t_a_m_i_l 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
in a way, it is. people fear the unknown and unexplainable. why not attribute that which cannot be explained to a higher being i personally at peace with what i do not know and don't need a god to explain it.
2006-12-22 16:01:14 · answer #5 · answered by Angel Baby 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No,but for some its a form of meditation.
2006-12-22 21:28:42 · answer #6 · answered by Celebrity girl 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Yes. Isn't it interesting that drug, sex and all other addicts find Jesus to kick their habit, only to become addicted to Jesus?
2006-12-22 16:05:58 · answer #7 · answered by Melissa G 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I don't believe it either, but for some people it might be.....
2006-12-22 16:22:11 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Mine is real so no
2006-12-22 16:02:03 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
yes it is
2006-12-22 16:00:46 · answer #10 · answered by BeachBum 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋