I must preface this section with the acknowledgement that my personal experience with various religious practices is fairly American, with some variety thrown in due to recent immigration. Even so, in America alone the practice of religion has great variety on the some main themes. I agree with the theorists that religion as a practice does seem to follow the direction of social support and convenience. I see some evidence for Marx’s socialist proposals to apply to religion as well. The elite make the decisions for the weaker members of the religion, and then when persecution from within the organization becomes great, there is a violent eruption and a new branch grows, separates, or completely dominates the original practice. One of the most common events in religious history is war. There have been many fortunes made in the service of the church, and much opposition thwarted in the name of God, so maybe Marx just had the wrong social
I must preface this section with the acknowledgement that my personal experience with various religious practices is fairly American, with some variety thrown in due to recent immigration. Even so, in America alone the practice of religion has great variety on the some main themes. I agree with the theorists that religion as a practice does seem to follow the direction of social support and convenience. I see some evidence for Marx’s socialist proposals to apply to religion as well. The elite make the decisions for the weaker members of the religion, and then when persecution from within the organization becomes great, there is a violent eruption and a new branch grows, separates, or completely dominates the original practice. One of the most common events in religious history is war. There have been many fortunes made in the service of the church, and much opposition thwarted in the name of God, so maybe Marx just had the wrong social