The great German thinker Karl Marx was once quoted as saying, "Religion is the opiate of the people."
There is a new opiate of the people and, in its own way, a new religion. A religion that would in some way, inspire more devotion and fervour than its tired counterparts that were still mired in the doctrines of yesteryear.
This new religion was none other than "Football", or "The Beautiful Game" as some would like to call it.
As this new phenomenon took a hold of the people across the globe, it led to the construction of stadia that would in effect become the new churches of this religion, where the faithful could visit to see the prophets (players) they admired conduct their demonstrative sermons from week to week.
It would in fact be very easy to classify football as a religious faith because of the impact it has upon those who follow it with such passion.
Fans would follow their team across the earth in an effort to be there when the team they love and worship is crowned a champion of some kind. Managers and players are held up like saints and prophets of old and often deliver moments of genius that some would say are biblical in proportion.
Now, this is very far-fetched for a lot of people, but the fact of the matter is that because these people believe this, then it is real for them, and though it is easy to condemn them for this, it is actually just as easy to think "Oh well, each to their own", and get on with your life.
So before you leave for "church" or sit down to watch some "televangelism" today, say a little prayer for football and remember the saints of yesteryear, and the miracles they conspired to commit so that we today are able to experience the grandeur of modern football and the beautiful thing it has become.
Football will no doubt endure for many years to come and shall remain part of our collective consciousness for as long as the religions that control so much of the world still do.
Into the future what will it become? It shall remain whatever it was to a certain extent, but in the meantime we can enjoy it as time slips into time.
@flexdavinci
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