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Mary Douglas

"If people want to compete for leadership of a religious group, they can compete in piety. A chilling thought. Or funny."

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"If people want to compete for leadership of a religious group, they can compete in piety. A chilling thought. Or funny."

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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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