Mary Douglas's Quote - It is only partly true that religion does more harm than good in s

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

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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. – 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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Every major religion today is a winner in the Darwinian struggle waged among cultures, and none ever flourished by tolerating its rivals. – E. O. Wilson

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The memory of my own suffering has prevented me from ever shadowing one young soul with the superstition of the Christian religion. – Elizabeth Cady Stanton

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Religion must completely encircle the spirit of ethical man like his element, and this luminous chaos of divine thoughts and feelings is called enthusiasm. – Karl Wilhelm Friedrich Schlegel

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I think you can be cynical about religion on occasion, and certainly skeptical about the degree to which some people use religion to manipulate other people. – Peter Jennings

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