Opiate of the Masses
Karl Marx once said that religion is the opiate of the masses and he could not have been more correct. Today's religions teach people bad morals and stop them from thinking for themselves. There is no way to prove that any god exists, yet people will still follow their god without thinking twice. Religion causes most of the problems in the world today and has ever since the beginning of time. Religion does more harm to our society than good and the world would be better off without it.
An example that shows how today's religions aren't good for society is that religion separates millions of people. Since religion has come about in our world people have hated one another simply over the belief that they believed in the right god and everybody else was wrong. Large groups of people with a certain belief that they are right and anybody else is wrong can have disastrous effects on society. With these kinds of problems, many people do not get to experience all......
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