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

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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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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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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Other Quotes from
Religion
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Selfishness is the only real atheism aspiration, unselfishness, the only real religion. – Franklin D. Roosevelt

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Religion

Communism, like any other revealed religion, is largely made up of prophecies. – H. L. Mencken

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Religion

It is impossible to believe that the same God who permitted His own son to die a bachelor regards celibacy as an actual sin. – H.L. Mencken

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Religion

Diversity of thought and culture and religion and ideas has been the strength of America. – Gary Locke

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Religion

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Envisioning the end is enough to put the means in motion. – Dorothea Brande

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smile

Its an amazing luxury to say Im 31 years old and Im gonna take a year off. Thats pretty amazing. – Sarah McLachlan

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amazing

Telling the truth, and confronting the challenge, is what politics is about. – Johann Lamont

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Politics