Religion is the opiate of the masses
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AHIV111 - slides for the lecture: "Religion is the opiate of the masses". In this theme we covered the idea that Religion can be ideological in nature.
Transcript of Religion is the opiate of the masses
Karl Marx
Karl Marx
I D E O L O G YA belief or collection of
beliefs that disempowers the believer while reconciling
the believer with his/herDisempowerment.
I D E O L O G YA belief or collection of
beliefs that disempowers the believer while making
the believer satisfied with his/her
disempowerment.
I D E O L O G Y“Religion
is the opiate of the masses.”
Opium = Drug
Opiate=
What theOpium is
doing.
Opium = Drug
What do drugs do?
God will save me if I am faithful
and trust him
(Matthew 5:3 NIV) 3"Blessed are the poor in spirit,
for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.
Matthew 19:24Again I tell you, it is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle than for a rich man to enter the
kingdom of God.“of heaven.
Proverbs 28:6Better a poor man whose walk is blameless than a rich man whose
ways are perverse.
Matthew 26:11The poor you will always have with you, but you will not always have
me.
