Opiate of the Masses
Karl Marx once said that religion is the opiate of the masses and he could not have been more correct. Today's religions teach people bad morals and stop them from thinking for themselves. There is no way to prove that any god exists, yet people will still follow their god without thinking twice. Religion causes most of the problems in the world today and has ever since the beginning of time. Religion does more harm to our society than good and the world would be better off without it.
An example that shows how today's religions aren't good for society is that religion separates millions of people. Since religion has come about in our world people have hated one another simply over the belief that they believed in the right god and everybody else was wrong. Large groups of people with a certain belief that they are right and anybody else is wrong can have disastrous effects on society. With these kinds of problems, many people do not get to experience all of the things that everybody else does. (Morris)
An example of this is the all of Hasidic Jews in Postville, Iowa. The Jews in this town keep to themselves and pretty much have nothing to do with the rest of the town. Many of the Jewish children don't have all of the same opportunities as the other children do. That can even go the other way, too. Even though the Jews choose to keep to themselves, the separation still raises problems. The Jews disconnecting themselves from the rest of town can raise questions in people's heads.
Many people don't understand why people from different religions separate themselves from others, and when people don't understand something, that can cause them to fear it. Once this fear is establish ...