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It is only partly true that religion does more harm than good in s

It is only partly true that religion does more harm than good in society. The community makes God into the image it wants, vengeful, or milky sweet, or scrupulously just, and so on. – 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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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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Inequality can have a bad downside, but equality, for its part, sure does get in the way of coordination. – Mary Douglas

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Our Father and Our God, unto thee, O Lord we lift our souls. – William Pennington

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My philosophy is to do the best you can for somebody. Help. Its not just what do you for yourself. Its how you treat people decently. The golden rule. There isnt big anything better than the golden rule. Its in every major religion in one language or another. – Art Linkletter

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A maker of idols is never an idolater. – Chinese Proverb

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Religion is not a department of life it is something that enters into the whole of it. – Alan Watts

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