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
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.