who said that religion is the opiate of the masses
Karl Marx. Karl Marx
title: Opium of the people text: Opium of the people "Religion is the opium of the people" is one of the most frequently paraphrased statements of German philosopher and economist Karl Marx. It was translated from the German original, and is often rendered as "religion... is the opiate of the "masses"." The quotation originates from the introduction of Marx's work "A Contribution to the Critique of Hegel's Philosophy of Right", which he started in 1843 but which was not published until after his death. The introduction to this work was published separately in 1844, in Marx's own journal "Deutsch–Französische Jahrbücher", a collaboration with Arnold Ruge. The title: Opiate for the Masses text: Opiate for the Masses Opiate for the Masses was an American rock band from Phoenix, AZ in 1999. Opiate for the Masses was founded in 1999 by singer Ron Underwood, drummer Elias Mallin, guitarist/keyboardist Jim Kaufman, and guitarist Dustin Lyon. The group's name is an alteration of Karl Marx's famous aphorism, "Religion is the opium of the people". Opiate for the Masses self-released a demo album entitled "New Machines and the Wasted Life" in 2000. In 2005, the band signed with Warcon Enterprises and issued the album "The Spore". By this time the group had added Seven Antonopoulos on drums title: Religion of Humanity text: by positivists, and there are several authors who have given the epithet to the religion they support, whatever the religion. In India Baba Faqir Chand established Manavta Mandir (Temple of Humanity) to spread his religion of humanity with scientific attitude as explained by David C. Lane in a book "The Unknowing Sage". Comte influenced the thought of Victorian secularists George Holyoake (coiner of the term "secularism") and Richard Congreve. Religion of Humanity Religion of Humanity (from French "Religion de l'Humanité" or "église positiviste") is a secular religion created by Auguste Comte, the founder of positivist philosophy. Adherents of this religion title: Gustave Le Bon text: were used by media researchers such as Hadley Cantril and Herbert Blumer to describe the reactions of subordinate groups to media. Edward Bernays, a nephew of Sigmund Freud, was influenced by Le Bon and Trotter. In his influential book "Propaganda", he declared that a major feature of democracy was the manipulation of the electorate by the mass media and advertising. Theodore Roosevelt as well as Charles G. Dawes and many other American progressives in the early 20th century were also deeply affected by Le Bon's writings. Medical Anthropology, psychology and sociology Natural science Gustave Le Bon Charles-Marie Gustave Le Bon title: Religion and capital punishment text: early Christians were strongly opposed to the death penalty and magistrates who enforced it could be excommunicated. Attitudes gradually began to relax in the fifth century. In the thirteenth century, Thomas Aquinas argued that capital punishment was a form of "lawful slaying", which became the standard Catholic teaching on the issue for centuries. During the Protestant Reformation, Martin Luther and John Calvin defended the death penalty, but Quakers, Brethren, and Mennonites have opposed it since their founding. Since the Second Vatican Council, the Roman Catholic Church has generally opposed the death penalty and, in August 2018, Pope Francis revised the