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.
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.