That's understandable. My genuine take is that belief in a benevolent higher power is an insult to the countless people suffering every day that will never get reprieve and eventually die after a life of suffering
(but all of that said I'm not actually into the idea of stopping people from being religious)
It can be bad if that faith that help is on the way is entirely misplaced. No amount of prayer will lift someone from the conditions that led to their suffering
Narrated by al-Tirmidhi, the hadith outlines the story of a Bedouin man who was leaving his camel without tying it. The Prophet (PBUH) asked him “Why don’t you tie down your camel?” The Bedouin answered, “I put my trust in Allah.” The Prophet then replied, “Tie your camel first, and then put your trust in Allah.”
Religious suffering is, at one and the same time, the expression of real suffering and a protest against real suffering. 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.
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.
Kinda disagree with Marx on that one. I think religion is here to stay for a while even after achieving communism, it's gonna become much less important for sure but the concept isn't going anywhere as long as there are still unanswered questions in science.
That's understandable. My genuine take is that belief in a benevolent higher power is an insult to the countless people suffering every day that will never get reprieve and eventually die after a life of suffering
(but all of that said I'm not actually into the idea of stopping people from being religious)
Lots of those suffering people find solace in such ideas whether we like it or not. It can't be all bad.
It can be bad if that faith that help is on the way is entirely misplaced. No amount of prayer will lift someone from the conditions that led to their suffering
Narrated by al-Tirmidhi, the hadith outlines the story of a Bedouin man who was leaving his camel without tying it. The Prophet (PBUH) asked him “Why don’t you tie down your camel?” The Bedouin answered, “I put my trust in Allah.” The Prophet then replied, “Tie your camel first, and then put your trust in Allah.”
Kinda disagree with Marx on that one. I think religion is here to stay for a while even after achieving communism, it's gonna become much less important for sure but the concept isn't going anywhere as long as there are still unanswered questions in science.
It's really sicko shit. "Just world" is one of the most harmful beliefs in history.