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assignment answers.
(What does Marx think of religion?)
Marx seems to portray his view about religion in a rather skeptical way, which already shows that he doesn’t believe in having a religion, as said in the manuscript, “Religious suffering is, at one and the same time, the expression of real suffering and a protest against real suffering. Religion is the sigh of the oppressed creature, the heart of a heartless world, and the soul of soulless conditions. It is the opium of the people.
The abolition of religion as the illusory happiness of the people is the demand for their real happiness. To call on them to give up their illusions about their condition is to call on them to give up a condition that requires illusions. The criticism of religion is, therefore, in embryo, the criticism of that vale of tears of which religion is the halo. “. He feels that religion is more of an illusion to Man, which gives him sort of a purpose to live, or to be existing, because it gives him “freedom”, some kind of comfort. He also feels that religion has distorted the view of the religious believers in how they see the world. Religion to him is more of an internal struggle between fantasy and reality, because religion serves as an outlet to which Man is able to avoid facing his self-esteem and self-consciousness.
(What do you think of what Marx thinks of religion?)
I would say that he is right to judge religion as an “illusion” and to say that “Man makes religion, religion does not make man.”. However, religion, in my point of view isn’t as “bad” as how Marx puts it, as an “illusion” to Man. I feel that through religion, Man is also taught ethics, which is necessary to live in this world, controlled by laws.
Religion can be thought of as a “fantasy” in which can be called the “opium of the people”, an outlet to escape the realism of the world. However, from religion, one may be capable of actually facing the world and achieve self-consciousness in accordance to the world. Humans are not homogeneous creatures, thus the thinking process of each individual would not be the same. Some may find religion as an escape route, while others may find themselves. Such as in the case of people from violent homes may not always become violent people when they reach adulthood.
(What does Marx think of religion?)
Marx seems to portray his view about religion in a rather skeptical way, which already shows that he doesn’t believe in having a religion, as said in the manuscript, “Religious suffering is, at one and the same time, the expression of real suffering and a protest against real suffering. Religion is the sigh of the oppressed creature, the heart of a heartless world, and the soul of soulless conditions. It is the opium of the people.
The abolition of religion as the illusory happiness of the people is the demand for their real happiness. To call on them to give up their illusions about their condition is to call on them to give up a condition that requires illusions. The criticism of religion is, therefore, in embryo, the criticism of that vale of tears of which religion is the halo. “. He feels that religion is more of an illusion to Man, which gives him sort of a purpose to live, or to be existing, because it gives him “freedom”, some kind of comfort. He also feels that religion has distorted the view of the religious believers in how they see the world. Religion to him is more of an internal struggle between fantasy and reality, because religion serves as an outlet to which Man is able to avoid facing his self-esteem and self-consciousness.
(What do you think of what Marx thinks of religion?)
I would say that he is right to judge religion as an “illusion” and to say that “Man makes religion, religion does not make man.”. However, religion, in my point of view isn’t as “bad” as how Marx puts it, as an “illusion” to Man. I feel that through religion, Man is also taught ethics, which is necessary to live in this world, controlled by laws.
Religion can be thought of as a “fantasy” in which can be called the “opium of the people”, an outlet to escape the realism of the world. However, from religion, one may be capable of actually facing the world and achieve self-consciousness in accordance to the world. Humans are not homogeneous creatures, thus the thinking process of each individual would not be the same. Some may find religion as an escape route, while others may find themselves. Such as in the case of people from violent homes may not always become violent people when they reach adulthood.
