What was Karl Marx's belief about the role of religion in a society?

Marx was
not a particular zealous advocate of religion.  He argued that religion was a condition that
impeded a critical view of existing structures that enveloped individuals.  For Marx, religion
was a a force that prevented individuals from recognizing the true essence of their being in
material reality.

Marx objected to religion occupying a significant role in
society because it precluded the full understanding of dialectical materialism.  In borrowing
from his teacher, Hegel, Marx suggested that the transcendent condition in being in the world
was the dialectical process, and...

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