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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.

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Karl Marx

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Karl Marx

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I D E O L O G YA belief or collection of

beliefs that disempowers the believer while reconciling

the believer with his/herDisempowerment.

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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.

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I D E O L O G Y“Religion

is the opiate of the masses.”

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Opium = Drug

Opiate=

What theOpium is

doing.

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Opium = Drug

What do drugs do?

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God will save me if I am faithful

and trust him

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(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.

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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.

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