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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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Real equality is immensely difficult to achieve, it needs continual revision and monitoring of distributions. And it does not provide buffers between members, so they are continually colliding or frustrating each other. – Mary Douglas

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Equality
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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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Science
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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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Society
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Coming out involves varying degrees of difficulty that are affected by class, race, religion, and geography. – Lance Loud

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Dogmatic theological statements are neither logical propositions nor poetic utterances. They are shaggy dog stories; they have a point, but he who tries too hard to get it will miss it. – W. H. Auden

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Religion is the opium of the masses. – Karl Marx

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Religions in the heart, not in the knees. – Douglas William Jerrold

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