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"I think what I and most other sociologists of religion wrote in the 1960s about secularization was a mistake. Our underlying argument was that secularization and modernity go hand in hand. With more modernization comes more secularization."
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"Look to the Lord and the power of His grace."
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"I have read the bible, seen its errors and perfections, but the bits of lie contained therein has contaminated the truth."
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"Every formula of every religion has in this age of reason, to submit to the acid test of reason and universal assent."
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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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"One of the reasons God did not make a lover for Himself when He made one for Adam is because He knew that fewer people would take Him seriously once He had an ex."
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"A man is accepted into a church for what he believes and he is turned out for what he knows."
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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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"Religion comes not where reign fundamentalism and authoritarianism."
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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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"Religion is a set of rituals."
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"If you say simply that pressures toward democracy are created by the market, I would say yes."
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"The basic fault lines today are not between people with different beliefs but between people who hold these beliefs with an element of uncertainty and people who hold these beliefs with a pretense of certitude."
People
"So I think one can say on empirical grounds - not because of some philosophical principle - that you can't have democracy unless you have a market economy."
Democracy
"But we don't have an example of a democratic society existing in a socialist economy - which is the only real alternative to capitalism in the modern world."
Society
"We also have a cultural phenomenon: the emergence of a global culture, or of cultural globalization."
Cultural
"Some people seem to gravitate from one fundamentalism to another, from some kind of secular fundamentalism into a religious fundamentalism or the other way around, which is not very helpful."
People
"The negative side to globalization is that it wipes out entire economic systems and in doing so wipes out the accompanying culture."
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"When certain branches of the economy become obsolete, as in the case of the steel industry, not only do jobs disappear, which is obviously a terrible social hardship, but certain cultures also disappear."
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"I'm sure Putnam is right that there's been a decline in certain kinds of organizations like bowling leagues. But people participate in communities in other ways."
People
"There is a continuum of values between the churches and the general community. What distinguishes the handling of these values in the churches is mainly the heavier dosage of religious vocabulary involved."
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