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This short ebook contains a refutation to the common atheist and anti-religionist claim that religion is the opium of the people: a delusion for those who practice it. This ebook examines that claim and concludes in the end that if religion is to be considered opium then so should everything else that distracts us from "real world issues" such as working for a living.
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