Marxist View On Religion Essay

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Is the man of the 20th century unreasonable to believe in the existence of God? Atheism is constantly attacking religion, and very sharply. For example, Freud said that religion is the desire for a noble origin; it was created due to fears of natural phenomena, the fear of parents, and alike. But the religious psychologists have made psychoanalysis of Freud, and concluded that Freud had a bad attitude toward his father. Instead of intent to kill his earthly father, he decided to "avenge" the heavenly Father.
Freud, Feuerbach, Marx and Nietzsche criticized the wrong motive for the religiosity of some people. Some people actually believe in God because of guilt, fear of punishment, because of the inability to solve their problems, because of …show more content…

Nevertheless, Marx's atheism survived today. We all know that such abuse of religion that Marx criticized really exist. But if there is a genuine religion in practice implemented the doctrine that God has revealed, then Marx's critique does not stand.
Marx predicted that religion would disappear as a phenomenon of false (because there is no God, according to Marx), and churches will become museums. All see how the number of churches in the world increases, a church becoming the heavy believers. However, the council rejected Marx, and yet kept his not believing in God.
Atheists say that not only there is no God, but religion has bad consequences in practice. The Inquisition was torturing people, burned them at the stake, were led and are still "holy" crusades or jihad. Fundamentalism refers more victims, and there are religions that are granted immorality, drug abuse, collective suicide ... The combination of church and state has always been in the history of bringing

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