Religion as Opium of the People (Karl Marx)

Karl Marx was a German philosopher who attempted to examine religion from an objective, scientific perspective. Marx’s analysis and critique of religion “Religion is the opium of the Masses” (“Die Religion ist das Opium des Volkesis”) is perhaps one of the most famous and most quoted by theist and atheist alike. Unfortunately, most of those doing the quoting don’t really understand exactly …

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