Religion in the Brave New World At the turn of the century, great minds like Carl Marx and Sigmund Freud were regarding religion as an unnecessary nuisance to humanity. Marx called it “the opiate of the masses”, and Freud : “the neurosis of mankind”. They were making the view that religion is not of divine nature, but a conception of the human mind, a very popular and acceptable belief. They believed that a religion should reflect …showed first 75 words of 1131 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1131 total…could be. A culture that drinks the blood and eats the body of another human being should be considered savage, but yet doesn’t this sound familiar? If a culture’s religion makes it look savage or immature, it’s because the culture is just that. This is what Huxley is saying. If a childish society makes use of a childish religion; and our religion is savage, then what does this say about our society?