If organized religion is the opium of the masses, then disorganized religion is the marijuana of the lunatic fringe.
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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.
Organized religion is a sham and a crutch for weak-minded people who need strength in numbers.
Organized religion is a sham and a crutch for weak-minded people who need strength in numbers. It tells people to go out and stick their noses in other people's business.
If there ever was a militant religion, it was that of early New England.
Marxism is the opium of the intellectuals.
I think people need to be educated to the fact that marijuana is not a drug. Marijuana is an herb and a flower. God put it here. If He put it here and He wants it to grow, what gives the government the right to say that God is wrong?
So potent was religion in persuading to evil deeds.
Religion flourishes in greater purity, without than with the aid of Government.
Not counting the brand of Sunni Islam practised by the so-called Islamic State, there is probably no religion in the world that comes in for more flak than Scientology.
Religion is not merely the opium of the masses, it's the cyanide.