religion is the opium of the mass


history has shown people that no matter how hard they try they can rarely create anything ever-lasting. generally materialistic creations such as castles and churches have proved themselves to be in perman of being taken care of. nevertheless, the spiritual values that every generation, without any geographical discrimination, has inherited from its predecessors are definately immortal. and one of the most important spiritual values is religion. the reason religion was born and its evolution throughout history are very important to the comprehension of the way certain ideologies influence peoples deeds.
there is no precise definition of religion, but everybody that tried to analyse it has agreed that the essence of religion is peoples belief in a superior force. almost all psychologists think that this need of believing in a force beyond peoples access has its roots in the incapacity of prehistoric people to unders...