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Mary Douglas

"I have increasingly, over the years, felt that religion today does our civilization more harm than good."

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"I have increasingly, over the years, felt that religion today does our civilization more harm than good."

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

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"Just in our lifetime our society has become looser and more private, it becomes extremely difficult to hold to any permanent commitment whatever, least of all to organized religion."
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"Hierarchy is is much reviled in the present day."
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"Behind a leader there must be followers, but they should always be on the lookout for the main chance and ready to change sides if the current leader doesn't deliver."
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"Enclave life becomes very tense, Even when they do elect a leader, the factions remain, with the threat of splitting off."
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"Every year the progress of advanced capitalist society makes our population consist of more and more isolates. This is because of the infrastructure of the economy, especially electronic communications."
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"Some scholars have been arguing that a civilizational clash between organized religions is the next step in human history."
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"It's unlikely that the organized religions will get more sectarian... or is it? I am not at all sure."
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"Without that assured American largesse Israel would have been obliged to come to an accommodation with her neighbours."
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"Inequality can have a bad downside, but equality, for its part, sure does get in the way of coordination."
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"Mormons... are so strong, they can handle wealth, they are confident. I think it is because they are not bogged down by rules for equality, but have a firmly defined system of relative status and responsible command."
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