Quote for the Day: Religion
“Religion is the opium of the people” - Karl Marx
Don’t worry. I’m not a communist or a Marxist 
As an atheist Buddhist, I just liked the sound of this quote when I first saw it. To the more religious readers here, apologies if it offended you, but hey, free country right?
As far as I understand the quote, Marx sees religions as illusions conjured by the suffering masses in order to help them alleviate their suffering.
Anyway, cheers for now then!
P.S: Will have less updates for next week, as I’ve just moved house and my broadband’s down for now. Using crappy 56kbps modem back-up at the moment.
The problem with Marx’s ‘opiate’ is that most totalitarian countries actually represses certain religions (or, with countries that claim Marx’s ideology, all of them). What’s ironical is that Marxist regimes in the end use Marxism as a religion… as an opiate for their masses.
Comment by Rajan R — January 20, 2007 @ 3:00 pm
Well said Rajan!
Hahaha, the best example is China’s deitification of Mao Ze Dong. From a proponent of the liberation of his people from the thrall of religion, to transforming himself into their new God.
Comment by sigma — January 21, 2007 @ 4:39 am
Rajan Rishyakaran is a Zionist and so he is a racist Nazi criminal who should be stripped of his Malaysian nationality.
This is his contact information:
First Name: Rajan
Last Name: Rishyakaran
Address: 12, Jalan SS14/5G
City: Subang Jaya
State/Province: SE
Postal Code: 47500
Country: Malaysia
Phone: +60.56338664
Email Address: rajan_r1986@yahoo.com
You may call him up or report him to the nearest police station if he is unreachable.
Take care!
Comment by menj — January 21, 2007 @ 7:13 am