Quote by Mary Douglas
It is very reasonable to worry about the harm done by organized re

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

Other quotes by Mary Douglas

Religion can make it worse. Are you supposing that if people were encouraged to believe in a transcendent reality, and to be encouraged by grand rituals and music and preaching, to love their neighbors, then they would put jealousy and frustration aside? – Mary Douglas

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

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alone
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Buddhism has become a socially recognized religious philosophy for Americans, whereas it used to be considered an exotic religion. – Thurston Moore

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If you grow up in a very strong religion like Catholicism you certainly cultivate in yourself a certain taste for the intensity of ideas. – Brian Eno

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Religion

We have enough religion to make us hate, but not enough to make us love one another. – Jonathan Swift

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If we must not act save on a certainty, we ought not to act on religion, for it is not certain. But how many things we do on an uncertainty, sea voyages, battles! – Blaise Pascal

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Religion

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