Karl Marx influentially defined religion as:
a. “The daughter of Hope and Fear, explaining to Ignorance the nature of the Unknowable.”
b. “A set of things which the average man thinks he believes and wishes he was certain of.”
c. “The opiate of the people.”
d. “The key to the ultimate truth about life.”
c. “The opiate of the people.”
Analysis:
a, b & d. Incorrect. Each person will have to wrestle personally with defining religion, because scholarship isn’t settled on any one definition and because defining it involves some subjectivity.
c. Correct. Karl Marx defined religion as "The opiate of the people."
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