Why Communism Hates Religion.

On social media, we often hear conversations about communism, how it killed millions of people and how it hated religion. Karl Marx, the father of communism once said that ‘Religion is the opium of the people’. He also thought that religion is the ‘sigh of the oppressed creature, the heart of a heartless world and the soul of soulless conditions. Marx thought that despite the suffering that comes from capitalism, religion provided an outlet to that suffering. People could worship deities and attempt to understand that their own sufferings originate from their own sinful lives. Why on earth did the Communists hate religion so much that they burnt and closed down churches and mosques, enforced atheism in schools and sent priests into labour camps? This video is dedicated to understanding Why Communism Hates Religion. Sources: The ABC of Communism: