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Always a good target for provocative comments. Many renowned philosophers have commented on religion. Take your pick: Marx described it as 'The opiate of the masses'. Emile Zoe spoke more strongly: 'The world will not know peace until the last stone from the last church falls on the last priest'.

Neither of these points posit that human beings are universally substituting themselves, or material wealth, for what I assume you consider 'god'.