The theory of cultural bias... is the idea that a culture is based on a particular form of organization. It can't be transplanted except to another variant of that organization.

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

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

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.

The human body is always treated as an image of society.

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.

Where there is dirt there is system. Dirt is the byproduct of a systematic ordering and classification of matter.