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It seems true that the growth of science and secularism made organ

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

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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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Religion
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Mary Douglas
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I have increasingly, over the years, felt that religion today does our civilization more harm than good. – Mary Douglas

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Religion
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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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Science
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It is through science that we prove, but through intuition that we discover. – Henri Poincare

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Science

Science is a wonderful discipline, to which we are deeply indebted. – Ray Comfort

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Science

I am compelled to fear that science will be used to promote the power of dominant groups rather than to make men happy. – Bertrand Russell, Icarus, or the Future of Science, 1925

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Science

So I decided on science when I was in college. – Sally Ride

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Science

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Modern morality and manners suppress all natural instincts, keep people ignorant of the facts of nature and make them fighting drunk on bogey tales. – Aleister Crowley

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Nature

Everything has been said, and we have come too late, now that men have been living and thinking for seven thousand years and more. – Jean De La Bruyere

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Innovation

I now announce myself as candidate for the Presidency. I anticipate criticism but however unfavorable I trust that my sincerity will not be called into question. – Victoria Woodhull

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Trust

When we remember we are all mad, the mysteries disappear and life stands explained. – Mark Twain

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Life