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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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Inequality can have a bad downside, but equality, for its part, sure does get in the way of coordination.

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I am convinced that living in an enclave shapes the personality, and living alone shapes the personality too.

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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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Without that assured American largesse Israel would have been obliged to come to an accommodation with her neighbours.

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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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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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Some scholars have been arguing that a civilizational clash between organized religions is the next step in human history.

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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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Since 1970, relationships can be more volatile, jobs more ephemeral, geographical mobility more intensified, stability of marriage weaker.

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