Egyptian Pharaohs came up with this idea of monotheism.
Monotheism then arrived in Israel, Romans conquered Israel. A Roman emperor, just like Egyptian Pharaohs before him, adopted it.
Religion is the opium of masses. It's a spiritual drug.
According to this analogy, fundamentalists are drug addicts.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Opium_of_the_People
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"Religion is the opium of the people" (translated from the German Die Religion ... ist das Opium des Volkes") is one of the most frequently quoted (and sometimes misquoted as "opiate of the people" or "opiate of the masses") statements of Karl Marx
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