User talk:Amins2s

Notability of article
I have marked Religious alienation, which you created and are the sole editor of, as not being notable. The subject simply is too self-explanatory for an encyclopedia article; it is just a form of Social alienation. If you think you can improve the article, please do so, or let me know (on your talk page, mine, or the article's discussion page). If nothing is done by next Sunday, 29 March 2009, I will come back and propose deletion. ChrisMP1 (talk) 19:13, 22 March 2009 (UTC)
 * Following up on this, I don't know whether the topic is notable or not, but to survive, the article badly needs a couple of sources, one to show that "Religious alienation is nearly the most common of all forms of alienation", and another for the material about Ludwig Feuerbach. Regards, Looie496 (talk) 23:29, 22 March 2009 (UTC)
 * Let me add, since you're a new editor, that if you're not sure how to deal with this, or how to add references to an article, please say so and we'll be happy to help you out. Looie496 (talk) 23:32, 22 March 2009 (UTC)


 * I would say that currently this is not a notable topic. There is just not enough that can be written about it, that doesn't generically apply to Social alienation. It is more of a definition. That being said, sources would be nice. ChrisMP1 (talk) 00:58, 24 March 2009 (UTC)


 * Guess I want to work on it. I think you're both right. This article needs a lot of revision, and you guys, your help is highly needed in my first article. Thanks to Loosie496, your help will be of most use. Just give me a few more days. Amins2s (talk) 12:10, 24 March 2009 (UTC)


 * Dear friends, it's now the time for you to help me. Do anything but deleting the article. Amins2s (talk) 05:47, 29 March 2009 (UTC)


 * Okay: what are the sources that back up the statements in the article? Give me one, and I'll show you how to use it. Looie496 (talk) 16:25, 29 March 2009 (UTC)

Please be aware that I have very few sources for support the statements but, I will type them down here one at a time. The following passage is from my student handbook written by R. Gosling and S. Taylor with the Department of Sociology, London School of Economics (LSE): Ludwig Feuerbach (1804-1872) was a pupil of Hegel, who developed his ideas and suggested the following: Gods did not create humanity but humanity created god. These 'gods' were idealised creations of human thought.

Early religions were based on attempts by their believers to make sense of the world expecially in times of disruption. Feuerbach suggested that people who had not yet developed the social and technical knowledge to understand the natural and social world attributed particular powers to these 'social constructions'. Over time, these 'social constructions' became institutionalised into formidable belief systems which control their adherents. He called this phenomenon religious alienation.

I'm going to add two more passages from very famous Sociology books later. The reason I decided to write this article is that I hoped to find a useful article in here to support my studies and it came as a shock to me to find no articles about it at all. Amins2s (talk) 17:24, 29 March 2009 (UTC)

I made a few explorations through the book The Problem of Sociology, written by David Lee and Howard Newby, where the writers deal mostly with the notion 'alienation' on Karl Marx. My second search was in Encyclopedia Brittanica 2009 Student edition, where it states that the most famous use of the term alienation was by Marx, who spoke of alienated labour under capitalism. This is definitely true but, it's also very useful to know that Marx was highly inspired by the writings of preceding people like Adam Smith, David Ricardo, Hegel. A passage from my Sociology textbook says: He(Karl Marx) accepted Feuerbach's assertion that religion was a social creation, bet he suggested that people create religion to deal with the real misery which confronts them. Amins2s (talk) 17:38, 29 March 2009 (UTC)