Karl Marx is quoted, “Religion is the sigh of the oppressed creature, the heart of a heartless world, and the soul of soulless conditions. It is the opium of the people.” This 19th century German philosopher and revolutionary thought religion to be a tool of the government to keep its people under control.
I am not a fan of religion myself, and for those who don’t walk in faith this is confusing since they see anyone loving Jesus as confessing a religion. Quite often I have strange conversations where someone wants to box me into their preconceived notions. They assume that if I am a Christian than I must be “religious” and now they want to know what kind of “religion” am I.
I can only smile and reply, “my religion is love”.