[lbo-talk] Appeal to Ignorance

Luke Weiger lweiger at umich.edu
Sun Jun 12 15:32:56 PDT 2005


Miles wrote:


> I have to side with ol' Whiskers on this one: religion is the opiate of
the masses. Theological debate is nothing more than a
> symptom of and a distraction from the sensual-practical problems that
plague workers in a capitalist society. --If all the energy > people have devoted to "the question of God" were redirected to organizing workers and dealing with tangible social problems > like poverty, the world would be an immensely better place.

Next to heaven, even naively utopian socialism doesn't look like anything special.

-- Luke



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