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This 4 page paper delves into organized religion and how it is viewed by nineteenth century social scientists. Marx, Darwin, and Weber are among theorists explored. Bibliography lists 5 sources.
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the most important things in their lives, but they each also have different opinions about religion and philosophy. Some people embrace it wholeheartedly, while others are skeptical but do believe
in God. Still others have serious doubts and finally, there are those who do not believe in any sort of religion at all. Nineteenth century social theorists approached religion in
different ways as well. For example, Edward Burnett Tylor (2001) saw religion as a cultural phenomenon while Lewis Henry Morgan (2001) conceived of religion as something valid and valuable,
and opposed Darwinism. Clearly, Tylor viewed religion through the lenses of an objective social scientist while Morgan could not put his own beliefs aside. There is nothing wrong with holding
a religion valuable and incorporating those beliefs into ones life work, but it to some extent can obscure scientific research. Some theorists, like Karl Marx, vehemently opposed religion while others
simply saw it as a subject to ponder. It was mentioned that Morgan opposed Darwinism. Darwin of course is the man who creationists love to hate. Crews (cited in Haught,
2002) claims that Darwin had provided a plausible framework to work that allows one to evaluate how the human brain may have acquired even consciousness as well as to have
facilitated cultural productions, but excepting religion (2002). Whether Darwins theory is a threat to creationism is debatable and Haught (2002) contends that it is not. It can in fact
complement religion (2002). Yet, Darwin was a man of science and Tylor seemed to see things more like a social scientist. Of course, Morgan had his own beliefs and
while he had ideas entrenched in social science he held tight to his opposition. Herbert Spencer (2001) was of course a well known sociologist and he had a great
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