First, I don’t know where I have to put this kind of question on Lemmy so I’m asking it here. Marx viewed religion as a negative force, often referring to it as the ‘opiate of the masses.’ If someone is religious and also identifies as a Marxist, do you think that’s contradictory, or is it just a matter of mislabeling themselves? Would it be more accurate for them to call themselves a socialist instead of a Marxist?

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      I maintain that any scientist that claims they are religious are either bad at science, or bad at religion.

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        Most people are bad at religion (don’t know what their holy book or profits said). Some scientists are bad at science (fake papers).