Sentences with phrase «religion as a mask»

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So let's put a clown face on a religion so as to mask what it really is?

He has challenged most of the prominent modern theories of religion, including Marxism (religion is a mask for class consciousness), functionalism (religion serves as a moral restraint or social glue) and psychological reductionism (religion is a form of infantile wish fulfillment).

I wouldn't say all religions are masks, but that our religious behavior can be used as a mask.

Sounds like Todd is lifting the lid off suppression and opression... it's about time, the hypocracy, as in pedo priests, is styfulling... religion is a good mask for war... just look at history.

So its either religion, or plain old bigotry masking itself as religion that's driving the opposition.