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An escalating, violent tit-for-tat may lead to terrorism.

~ Mary Douglas

Lead May Terrorism Violent

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Any great organization can go through sectarian phases.

~ Mary Douglas

Any Go Great Great Organization Organization Phases Sectarian Through

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Behind a leader there must be followers, but they should always be on the lookout for the main chance and ready to change sides if the current leader doesn't deliver.

~ Mary Douglas

Always Behind Chance Change Current Deliver Followers Leader Main Must Ready Should Sides

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Enclave life becomes very tense, Even when they do elect a leader, the factions remain, with the threat of splitting off.

~ Mary Douglas

Becomes Elect Even Factions Leader Life Off Remain Splitting Tense Threat Very

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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.

~ Mary Douglas

Advanced Because Capitalist Capitalist Society Communications Consist Economy Electronic Every Infrastructure Makes More More And More Our Population Progress Society Year

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Hierarchy is is much reviled in the present day.

~ Mary Douglas

Day Hierarchy Much Present Reviled

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Hierarchy works well in a stable environment.

~ Mary Douglas

Environment Hierarchy Stable Well Works

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

~ Mary Douglas

Alone Am Convinced I Am Living Living Alone Personality Shapes Too

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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

Am Be True Because Feel Going I Am Mainstream Must Out People Rewards Society Stay Sure Them True

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

~ Mary Douglas

Civilization Does Felt Good Harm Increasingly More Our Over Religion Than Today Years

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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

Chilling Compete Funny Group Leadership People Piety Religious Thought Want

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If you want to change the culture, you will have to start by changing the organization.

~ Mary Douglas

Change Changing Culture Organization Start Want Will You

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Inequality can have a bad downside, but equality, for its part, sure does get in the way of coordination.

~ Mary Douglas

Bad Coordination Does Downside Equality Get Inequality Part Sure Way

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Inside a religious body you get sects and hierarchies, inside an information network you get bazaars and cathedrals, it is the same, call them what you like. They survive by pointing the finger of blame at each other.

~ Mary Douglas

Blame Body Call Cathedrals Each Finger Get Information Inside Like Network Other Pointing Religious Same Survive Them You

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Islam is in principle egalitarian, and has always had problems with power.

~ Mary Douglas

Always Egalitarian Had Islam Power Principle Problems

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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

Community Does God Good Harm Image Just Makes More Only Partly Religion Society Sweet Than True Vengeful Wants

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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

About Arrangements Done Harm More Organized Organized Religion Prefer Private Reasonable Religion Very Worry

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

~ Mary Douglas

Christianity Feel Growth Made Organized Science Secularism Seems Threat True

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It's unlikely that the organized religions will get more sectarian... or is it? I am not at all sure.

~ Mary Douglas

Am Get I Am More Organized Religions Sectarian Sure Unlikely Will

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Just in our lifetime our society has become looser and more private, it becomes extremely difficult to hold to any permanent commitment whatever, least of all to organized religion.

~ Mary Douglas

Any Become Becomes Commitment Difficult Extremely Hold Just Least Lifetime More Organized Organized Religion Our Permanent Private Religion Society Whatever

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