Marxist–Leninist atheism
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Marxist–Leninist atheism, also known as Marxist–Leninist scientific atheism, is the antireligious element of Marxism–Leninism. Based on a dialectical-materialist understanding of humanity's place in n
Ludwig Feuerbach, who separated philosophy from religion to allow philosophers the freedom to interpret the material reality of nature
Karl Marx, who synthesized anti-religious philosophy with materialism to show that religion is a social construct used for social control by the ruling class of a society
Friedrich Engels, who identified religion as a person's need for a fantastic spiritual reflection of the self, by which to have some control over life and reality
Vladimir Lenin who developed on the theories of Marx and Engels and deemed religious organizations "instruments of bourgeois reaction"
Opium of the people
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"Opium of the people" or "opium of the masses" is a dictum used in reference to religion, derived from a frequently paraphrased partial statement of German revolutionary and critic of political econom
Marxist–Leninist atheism
…Marxism–Leninism. Based on a dialectical-materialist understanding of humanity's place in nature, Marxist–Leninist atheism proposes that religion is the opium of the people; thus, Marxism–Leninism advocates atheism, rather than religious belief. To support those ideological premises, Marxist–Leninist atheism proposes an…
Karl Marx