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Former Green Bay Packers Quarterback Aaron Rodgers Suggests Religion Is Used To Manipulate People (wisportsheroics.com)

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[-] Sam_Bass@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago

Mos Definitely

[-] bitchkat@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago

Is this 1/2 of his broken clock? *

[-] SharkAttak@kbin.social 2 points 2 years ago

I'll stay on edge for him to drop some more wisdom.

[-] Maeve@kbin.social 1 points 2 years ago

He's not wrong about that.

[-] MxM111@kbin.social 1 points 2 years ago

Religion is the opium for the masses. Nothing new here, really.

[-] Zorque@kbin.social 3 points 2 years ago

*opiate

[-] MxM111@kbin.social 3 points 2 years ago

What’s the difference? Serious question.

[-] Noel_Skum@sh.itjust.works 3 points 2 years ago

Opiates include artificially lab-constructed products that are based off of the opium that comes from poppies.

[-] MxM111@kbin.social 0 points 2 years ago

So, opium was fine?

[-] Noel_Skum@sh.itjust.works 2 points 2 years ago

Yeah. Pretty much. The original quote by Marx would’ve been in German I assume - which might make a difference. Looking at the US’s painkiller problems “opiate” is possibly more relevant. It’s a negligible difference either way. (Unless a linguist knows better)

[-] MxM111@kbin.social 0 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

I suspect back then, when original quote was created, most, if not all, opium accessible to the public was natural and not a synthetic opiate. To translate it to opiate is likely incorrect then. That's why I was a bit confused by correction "opiate".

[-] Noel_Skum@sh.itjust.works 1 points 2 years ago

Historically speaking I imagine that’s true. I’m not sure why anyone felt the need to “correct” the word in the first place. Especially if it transpires they did so incorrectly…

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