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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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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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Mary Douglas
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If people want to compete for leadership of a religious group, they can compete in piety. A chilling thought. Or funny. – Mary Douglas

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funny
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It is very reasonable to worry about the harm done by organized religion, and to prefer looser and more private arrangements. – Mary Douglas

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Religion
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Other Quotes from
Science
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The way to do research is to attack the facts at the point of greatest astonishment. – Celia Green, The Decline and Fall of Science, 1972

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Science

Theres a science to ordering potatoes. Are they skinny shoestring or big, fat steak fries? You just have to let your taste buds guide you when deciding what to eat. – Gayle King

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Science

But man has still another powerful resource: natural science with its strictly objective methods. – Ivan Pavlov

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Science

Fruitful discourse in science or theology requires us to believe that within the contexts of normal discourse there are some true statements. – Kenneth L. Pike

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Science

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More enduringly than any other sport, wrestling teaches self-control and pride. Some have wrestled without great skill – none have wrestled without pride. – Dan Gable

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I think that cars today are almost the exact equivalent of the great Gothic cathedrals: I mean the supreme creation of an era, conceived with passion by unknown artists, and consumed in image if not in usage by a whole population which appropriates them as a purely magical object. – Roland Barthes

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