If people want to compete for leadership of a religious group, they can compete in piety. A chilling thought. Or funny.
Mary Douglas
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.
people society
funny leadership management people
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?
people music religion
Enclave life becomes very tense, Even when they do elect a leader, the factions remain, with the threat of splitting off.
life
Islam is in principle egalitarian, and has always had problems with power.
principles power
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.
chance change
If you want to change the culture, you will have to start by changing the organization.
culture organization organizations change
Some scholars have been arguing that a civilizational clash between organized religions is the next step in human history.
history religion
The history of the Church of Rome is a constant leakage of members into such breakaway cults, which go on splitting.
history
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.
progress 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.
community society religion
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.
society religion
It seems true that the growth of science and secularism made organized Christianity feel under threat.
growth science secularism
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.
equality rules wealth system
I have increasingly, over the years, felt that religion today does our civilization more harm than good.
religion
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