Marx referred to religion as comfort and a soothing agent for the people of society., however, his views were seen as extreme. He described the abstract views of religion as being superstitious and a twisted way of thinking; he believed that religion created fantasies for the poor focusing on things such as the successful rewards they would reap in the afterlife. The bourgeoisie took advantage of this in order to keep the proletariat satisfied with the unequal existing state in society. He also thought of religion as being highly addictive to the members of society as they could relate their own quality and way of life, and justify it, in religion.
