Hi!

[reverendjeremiah]

Hi everyone. I've been an atheist for a while but i've never really thought to come online and join a forums about it. I usually use the internet to read political things, spread awareness, and things like that.

I'm interested to see how varied political opinion is here...I've read a few threads in your politics area and from the sounds of it there are mostly liberals here, with a few crazy people (no ofense!!). I'm an anarchist (you can tell from my name), which means I agree with most of what liberalism as to say, I just think that a lot of liberals these days support capitalism, which is a failed system that does nothing to help the people in society that need it most. I think it would b better if we scrapped the economic system and started again with a complete anarchaic commune (anarchy-syndicalism) where the workers manage everything and we live by simply helping one another rather than charging people for help.

Sure I'll be able to jump into the discussions and talk (and debate!) more with you all.

HELL YEAH! Anarcho-syndicalism FTW!



Solidarity!

P.S. - I wonder how many people will think you are a sock puppet of mine. I have pushed Syndicalism on this forum quite a bit.

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"Religion is the opium of the people" - Karl Marx (good guy)

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I'm guessing you know that isn't actually a quote, but a paraphrase of the full sentence. He never actually said that.

Religious distress is at the same time the expression of real distress and the protest against real distress. Religion is the sigh of the oppressed creature, the heart of a heartless world, just as it is the spirit of a spiritless situation. It is the opium of the people. The abolition of religion as the illusory happiness of the people is required for their real happiness. The demand to give up the illusion about its condition is the demand to give up a condition which needs illusions. - Critique of Hegel’s Philosophy of Right

When you factor in "heart of the heartless world", its not quite as negative as its usually made out to be.

The full quote is far finer than the abbreviation too, I should really get around to trying to read the full text.

I understand that such a part sounds not negative, but this part is the one that gets me "Religion is the sigh of the oppressed creature".

That to me puts most of it in context.

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Well it's a pity if you don't like religion. I can't help you really.

Good.

Go do something useful and stand in front of the window. We need some curtains in here.