Institutionalized religion can have a major social impact on society,for good or for evil. This blog is not concerned with discussing the ‘dogmatic’ aspect of religion;rather it revolves around religion’s impact on society.
Generally,it is the poorer societies that have the greatest proportion of the population following institutionalised religion. For this reason,religion tends to have a greater social impact in poorer societies,where it is supported more strongly by the majority. Either the religion controls the government or the government uses religion as an opiate in a majority-poverty society as influence.
When Karl Marx stated that “religion is the opium of the masses” he was perhaps referring to the above mentioned features existent in the state of Pakistan today – there is a majority following of institutionalized Islam and there is an abject condition of poverty prevalent in the state.
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