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Mary Douglas

"It is only partly true that religion does more harm than good in society. The community makes God into the image it wants, vengeful, or milky sweet, or scrupulously just, and so on."

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"It is only partly true that religion does more harm than good in society. The community makes God into the image it wants, vengeful, or milky sweet, or scrupulously just, and so on."

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"Freedom of religion is not enough; we need the extinction of it, because no one has turned to be a religious by their own choice."

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"All ministries, therefore, must be subjected to this test-if they do not glorify Christ, they are not of the Holy Spirit."

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"Soul winning for Christ Jesus is a great business everyone must endeavor to start and keep it diligently."

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"Lord I thank you for the gift of breath, eyes to see, ears to hear, tongue to taste, nose to smell, mouth to speak, face to smile, voice to sing, body to dance, legs to walk, mind to think and hands to write."

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"Christians are the hope of any country."

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"The day we find the perfect church, it becomes imperfect the moment we join it."

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"Any bridge you refuse to burn gives Satan an invitation and re-entry point into your life."

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"The theory of cultural bias... is the idea that a culture is based on a particular form of organization. It can't be transplanted except to another variant of that organization."
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"Inside a religious body you get sects and hierarchies, inside an information network you get bazaars and cathedrals, it is the same, call them what you like. They survive by pointing the finger of blame at each other."
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"The natural response of the old-timers is to build a strong moral wall against the outside. This is where the world starts to be painted in black and white, saints inside, and sinners outside the wall."
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"The history of the Church of Rome is a constant leakage of members into such breakaway cults, which go on splitting."
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"What did our nation ever do to provoke these madly vicious enemies? What is seen as injustice in one place is seen as just requital in the other."
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"I am sure it must be true that people opt out of the mainstream society because they feel that there are going to be no rewards for them, if they stay."
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"If you want to change the culture, you will have to start by changing the organization."
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"Hierarchy works well in a stable environment."
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"It is very reasonable to worry about the harm done by organized religion, and to prefer looser and more private arrangements."
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"Our technological infrastructure alienates us from each other. No need to form a workplace community, everybody there will be out in a year or two, and so will you, looking for a better place."
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