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

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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. – Mary Douglas

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Every religion is true one way or another. It is true when understood metaphorically. But when it gets stuck in its own metaphors, interpreting them as facts, then you are in trouble. – Joseph Campbell

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I just hate one-dimensional portrayals of religion its too cheap and easy to do, and ignores the nuances that go into having a belief system. – Vera Farmiga

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The fact that religion plays such a part in how people vote troubles me, troubles me as a ministers daughter. Because I always felt that the separation of church and state was what our forefathers and foremothers really fought for. – Tori Amos

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He who is near the Church is often far from God. – Proverb

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