I know many (my friends) who are in the process of losing their religion as they move up the salary scale. Religion, for many, is a hope to be saved from their

I know many (my friends) who are in the process of losing their religion as they move up the salary scale. Religion, for many, is a hope to be saved from their economic misery. Once they are out of penury then religious obligations become a bane on the newly found freedom that comes with money so the fallout is obvious. The developed west is a proof of this phenomenon. Software engineers in India would confirm the hypothesis in the next decade or two. This quote from Marx is often misrepresented but I think he said it in a positive sense, "Religion is the sigh of the oppressed creature, the heart of a heartless world, and the soul of soulless conditions. It is the opium of the people"