Karl Marx's Vision of Communism
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How does Marx describe religion in his ideal society?

  • A way to bring true happiness and fulfillment to individuals.
  • A means to enhance productivity and efficiency.
  • A solution to class struggle and exploitation.
  • An opiate that dulls the pain of oppression without solving the problem. (correct)
  • What does Marx believe is the role of religion in society?

  • It is a means to control the forces of production.
  • It promotes individual fulfillment and destiny control.
  • It encourages social classes to work together for common good.
  • It serves as a tool to ease the pain produced by exploitation and oppression. (correct)
  • What is the significance of the phrase 'Religion is the sigh of the oppressed creature' in Marx's ideology?

  • It suggests that religion stems from the suffering of the oppressed. (correct)
  • It emphasizes the role of religion in fulfilling human destinies.
  • It indicates religion's power to bring happiness to all classes.
  • It highlights how religion benefits the ruling class.
  • Why does Marx believe that religion exists in society?

    <p>To justify the subordination of the subject class and privilege of the ruling class.</p> Signup and view all the answers

    How does Marx characterize religion's impact on its adherents?

    <p>It stupefies them rather than bringing true happiness.</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What role does Marx attribute to most religious movements according to the text?

    <p>They come from oppressed classes.</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is one way that religion can make life on earth more bearable for oppressed classes?

    <p>By promising a paradise of eternal bliss in the afterlife</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which biblical quotation reflects the idea that virtue in suffering from poverty will be rewarded?

    <p>'It is easier for a camel to pass through the eye of a needle, than for a rich man to enter the Kingdom of Heaven'</p> Signup and view all the answers

    How does religion often justify the social order according to the text?

    <p>By attributing social structure to divine ordainment</p> Signup and view all the answers

    In what way can religion help those at the bottom of the social stratification system to accept their situation?

    <p>By defining poverty and misfortune as divinely ordained and unchangeable</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is one way that religion can make present life more acceptable?

    <p>By offering supernatural intervention to solve earthly problems</p> Signup and view all the answers

    According to Engels, what was Christianity originally a movement of?

    <p>Oppressed people</p> Signup and view all the answers

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