2007-07-12 14:04:25 · 11 answers · asked by TELLME 2 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Karl Marx, founder of Communism. He wasn't making a case against religion on theological grounds, but objected to the way it was used by capitalists to keep the proletariat under control.
2007-07-12 14:07:20 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
No, it is not an opiate to me. You are just asking for trouble to begin with if you pose a question in this section. I was raised in the most lax Presbyterian church you could ever imagine. I am not a strict follower of the Christian religion but do have Christian beliefs. After failed marriages, I sleep with with boyfriend, like to drink beer, and lie at every good opportunity. I have to admit, it sets me thinking. I can't condemn my own religion and I can't really stand up for it. I do pray often, I pray that God would have mercy upon me for my lame denomination and all the choices I have made.
2007-07-12 14:19:08 · answer #2 · answered by Catherine R 4 · 1⤊ 1⤋
It was Karl Marx indeed. He believed that the Russian Orthodox Church oppressed its adherents and cooperated with the czarist regime in making the people content with their miserable existence by promising an afterlife of bliss. It should set one to thinking for sure, but after a bit of thought, one can only conclude that it is nonsense. True religion provides hope for the future and a way to live in the here and now. Christ did not sit on mountaintops all day. He rolled up his sleeves and got to work among the crowds dealing with the real problems of real people. When the Christian Church is at its best, it exudes real care and love among those whom no one else cares for or loves. The other idea one must be concerned with is this. Ask the question if Christianity is true. If it is true, and I believe it is, calling it derogatory terms like "opiate" matters not one twit. Truth is truth by any name.
2007-07-12 14:18:05 · answer #3 · answered by Caesar 3 · 1⤊ 2⤋
Karl Marx. Im not too sure about it being an opiate as so many christians are obnoxious and violent. I have never acted like that on an opiate.
2007-07-12 14:10:17 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 1⤋
Religious distress is at the same time the expression of real distress and the protest against real distress. Religion is the sigh of the oppressed creature, the heart of a heartless world, just as it is the spirit of a spiritless situation. It is the opium of the people. The abolition of religion as the illusory happiness of the people is required for their real happiness. The demand to give up the illusion about its condition is the demand to give up a condition which needs illusions.
Karl Marx, Critique of Hegel’s Philosophy of Right
Yeah, it sets me to thinking that a person who had no experience with the Holy Spirit was trying to find a way to stir up trouble and start a revolution.
Here's a quote for you that's applicable to today. "Television, beer and marijuana are the opiates of the masses".
2007-07-12 14:10:14 · answer #5 · answered by Martin S 7 · 0⤊ 3⤋
Karl Marx
2007-07-12 14:07:46 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Karl Marx and I believe it was reiterated by Sigmund Freud, but, then again, "religion" is far different from having a personal relationship with God and far less fulfilling.
2007-07-12 14:09:01 · answer #7 · answered by Simon Peter 5 · 0⤊ 2⤋
Taking in consideration, your spelling, it was Karl Marx
2007-07-12 14:07:40 · answer #8 · answered by rangedog 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
sets me to thinking that the statement is an oversimplification .. it serves the purpose of some but not all ..
2007-07-12 14:09:10 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
No. I just pity the person that said it. They do not know the Lord Jesus Christ.
2007-07-12 14:08:57 · answer #10 · answered by Jeancommunicates 7 · 0⤊ 4⤋