Marxism

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    • Religion is only a feature of a class-divided conflict based society
    • Marx: religion misleads the working class into believing their suffering is virtuous and they will be rewarded in the after life. 'it is easier for a camel to pass through the eye of a needle than it is for a rich man to enter the kingdom of God' - Christianity
    • Religion legitimates the bourgeoisie by stating that they have the divine right to rule
    • Disobedience from the proletariat is not just illegal but a sinful challenge against god
    • Religion is a distorted view of the world and can offer no solution to earthly misery
    • The promise of an afterlife distracts and creates an illusion that distracts attention from the true source of suffering, capitalism
    • Religion is the product of alienation
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