British - Scientist | March 25, 1921 - May 16, 2007
Enclave life becomes very tense, Even when they do elect a leader, the factions remain, with the threat of splitting off.
Mary Douglas
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Some scholars have been arguing that a civilizational clash between organized religions is the next step in human history.
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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?
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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.
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Mormons... are so strong, they can handle wealth, they are confident. I think it is because they are not bogged down by rules for equality, but have a firmly defined system of relative status and responsible command.
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Islam is in principle egalitarian, and has always had problems with power.
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It's unlikely that the organized religions will get more sectarian... or is it? I am not at all sure.
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Every year the progress of advanced capitalist society makes our population consist of more and more isolates. This is because of the infrastructure of the economy, especially electronic communications.
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Since 1970, relationships can be more volatile, jobs more ephemeral, geographical mobility more intensified, stability of marriage weaker.
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I have increasingly, over the years, felt that religion today does our civilization more harm than good.
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Pretensions to moral superiority are devastatingly destructive.
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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.
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