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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.

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.

It Is Very Reasonable To Worry About The Harm Done By Organized Religion, And To Prefer Looser And More Private Arrangements.

If You Want To Change The Culture, You Will Have To Start By Changing The Organization.

Some Scholars Have Been Arguing That A Civilizational Clash Between Organized Religions Is The Next Step In Human History.