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In reply to the discussion: I'm so tired of religion being treated like a special set of beliefs [View all]
DBoon
(23,052 posts)57. Marx didn't mean that as a bad thing
Opium was the only effective pain reliever in his day. Most injuries and illnesses did not have an effective treatment, the most one could do is alleviate the suffering with opium.
Marx meant opium not as the illegal addicting drug we think of it now, but as a pain reliever of last resort.
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I'm so tired of religion being treated like a special set of beliefs [View all]
redqueen
Mar 2024
OP
Studies also show that among "fools like them" are the 48% of scientists who claim a religion.
ancianita
Mar 2024
#28
It pisses me off, too. All religions are the tops in being criticized & rational believers shouldn't be pissed off
ancianita
Mar 2024
#32
It shouldn't be exempt. The history of many standing religions shows that they have not been exempt.
ancianita
Mar 2024
#37
If I wanted to be ruled by Opus Dei intolerance I would join Opus Dei. They can keep their mystical cloud daddy.
Comfortably_Numb
Mar 2024
#14
We have a family member who made us to all join hands while he said grace, a very long grace with lots of Jesus.
CrispyQ
Mar 2024
#17
"religion should be strictly prohibited from being mentioned in political campaigning at all"
redqueen
Mar 2024
#50
"Theology is the effort to explain the unknowable in terms of the not worth knowing." - H. L. Mencken
sop
Mar 2024
#24
Are there any proveable facts in the bible? Science relies on years of research and peer reviews to establish......
usaf-vet
Mar 2024
#25
Overwhelmingly, religion is the public sphere supports far right wing policies ..
DBoon
Mar 2024
#34
Nuns...tv shows always had characters apologize if cursibg around a nun..as if she was more delicate
Demovictory9
Mar 2024
#51
Some of the most vicious, vituperative people I have ever met were nuns.
Act_of_Reparation
Mar 2024
#60