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Quote by Mary Douglas
Just in our lifetime our society has become looser and more privat

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. – Mary Douglas

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

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alone
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It seems true that the growth of science and secularism made organized Christianity feel under threat. – Mary Douglas

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Science
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If you want to change the culture, you will have to start by changing the organization. – Mary Douglas

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Change
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We are pre-disposed for fantasy, there is a natural impulse for human beings to want to get off their heads or out of their heads in something in a substance or a drink or an idea or a religion which will comfort them and make life exciting. – Tom Baker

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It is an old habit with theologians to beat the living with the bones of the dead. – Robert G. Ingersoll

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The restriction of religion to private life therefore does not necessarily threaten the vital interests of the majority religion, if there is one, and it protects minority religions from tyranny of the majority. – Phillip E. Johnson

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Religion

I do not find it easy to articulate thoughts about religion. I remain the sort of person who turns off Thought for the Day when it comes on the radio. – A. N. Wilson

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To know oneself, one should assert oneself. – Albert Camus

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At a time when we are facing threats from nations such as North Korea and Iran, and attempting to convince others such as India and Pakistan to become responsible nuclear powers, it is vital that America reclaims the leadership we once had on arms control. – Ellen Tauscher

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Courage is often lack of insight, whereas cowardice in many cases is based on good information. – Peter Ustinov

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