If Christianity is the opiate of the masses, is Islam cocaine or methamphetamine?

Question

Everybody welcome, don't be too cruel.
Do other religions have drugs that describe them?

Thanks guys, I am quite familiar with Karl's actual quote.
It just struck me that some religions might be a bit less opiate than others.
So does Islam make you excited & confident (cocaine) or excited and OCD (meth)?
James, sir readalot, thank you, precisely the spirit.

Answer 1

If Christianity is the opiate of the masses ...... I suggest the following....

Opium is a pain killer..... However, that is only a similarity; if one uses drugs to try to get the effect of Christianity....It won't work.... There are no withdrawals, jones-ing or violence against innocents in Christianity..... Stay straight!

I'm thinking Meth for islam...

Meth addicts tend to exhibit repetitive, destructive actions and behaviors such as assembling and disassembling objects. Withdrawal is characterized by excessive sleeping, eating and/or depression-like symptoms, including psychotic often violent outbursts, which can cumulative over long periods to massive outbursts. Often, these are accompanied by anxiety and drug-craving (islam craving) which may cause some to be irrational and believe undeniably false suggestion. Meth addicts "Islam Addicts" are the most dangerous to fellow humans because of their common disregard for other living beings....

Answer 2

Karl Marx said "religion was the opiUM of the masses"
"Die Religion ... ist das Opium des Volkes"
(Volkes=People, a somewhat different word)

Wikipedia has a whole article on it, that's starts with the fact it is commonly misquoted.

The Article also represents 4 examples of Opium in Marx's time:
"Opium was an important medicine. It was used as a painkiller or sedative, but also for a wide range of ailments, including combatting cholera.

Opium was a keyword for widespread social conflict, particularly the Opium Wars.

It was the source of an important 'social problem', one of the first 'public health' concerns, known as 'baby-doping' (giving your child opium to keep them quiet.)

Finally, opium was the source of fantastic visions of the 'opium eaters' (De Quincey, the Romantic Poets, etc.)"

So it's a multifaceted metaphor, with a little good, mostly bad, and a lot of ugly

Answer 3

That's hilarious, regardless of your intentions.

No, the phrase was "religion is the opiate of the masses," not "Christianity."

If Dionysianism were a religion, it would be the wine of the masses.

WAIT! Pot constitutes the mass of Rastafarianism! AHA! There we go.

Answer 4

If religion is an opiate, is poetry "an act of insurgency"?

Answer 5

i thought the original quote was that "religion is the opiate of the masses."

Answer 6

It's more like PCP. Bin Laden and his followers are definitely dusted.

The thumbs down leads me to suspect his followers lurk here.

Answer 7

METH...2bz

Answer 8

Buddhism marijuana