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• Men will undergo modernization, a process of disenchantment of the universe with the replacement of bureaucratization - max weber
• People will shift away from believing in religious practice to a rational thinking mindset such as government over religion, business over religion, and the likes - max weber
• Religion as the opium of people created by the material conditions - karl marx
• No place in communist society since individuals are treated equally - karl marx
• Religion is like an addiction that makes an individual strive to perform better than others due to possible gained benefit - karl marx
• Religion becomes differentiated and autonomous from other institutions resulting to lose its power of social control and guidance over the rest of society - tschannen
• People tend to follow and listen to institutionalized bodies by the people rather than the religious organization molded by religious beliefs - tschannen
• Secularization paradigm comprising of a variant of theories revolve around the core theory of differentiation, that branches out to different argument of individual religiosity in the modern era - gorski
• Individual start to develop his own concept of Religion resulting to a diverse religious groups, organizations, and beliefs - gorski
• Tensions brought by the contradictions between the sacred, profane, religious, and secular are viewed as factors that drive further rationalization of the religion and society - goldstein
• The issues between people in terms of what religion is drives an individual away from dealing with religiosity resulting in him to be a rational person - goldstein