1606: Karl Marx on GodMedium
Author(s): Scott Douglas Jacobsen
Publication (Outlet/Website): Medium (Personal)
Publication Date (yyyy/mm/dd): 2026/01/02
“Man makes religion, religion does not make man.”
“Religion is the opium of the people.”
“Religion is the sigh of the oppressed creature, the heart of a heartless world…”
“The abolition of religion as the illusory happiness of the people is the demand for their real happiness.”
“The criticism of religion disillusions man…”
“Religion is only the illusory Sun which revolves around man…”
“…the criticism of Heaven turns into the criticism of Earth…”
“Man… has found only the reflection of himself in the fantastic reality of heaven…”
“Every religion which is not theirs is an invention of men, while their own is an emanation from God.”
“The religious reflex of the real world can… only then finally vanish, when… everyday life offer[s]… reasonable relations…”
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