Some scholars have been arguing that a civilizational clash between organized religions is the next step in human history.
Mary DouglasIt 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 DouglasI 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 DouglasWhere there is dirt there is system. Dirt is the byproduct of a systematic ordering and classification of matter.
Mary Douglas