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But, strictly speaking, this mythology was no essential part of ancient religion, for it had no sacred sanction and no binding force…
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It is only in times of social dissolution, as in the last age of the small Semitic states, when men and their…
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This, it may be said, is no more than a hypothesis, but it satisfies the conditions of a legitimate hypothesis, by postulating…
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That the God-man died for his people, and that His death is their life, is an idea which was in some degree…
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In better times the religion of the tribe or state has nothing in common with the private and foreign superstitions or magical…
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We are so accustomed to think of religion as a thing between individual men and God that we can hardly enter into…
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Thus a man was born into a fixed relation to certain gods as surely as he was born into a relation to…
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The dissolution of the nation destroys the national religion, and dethrones the national deity.
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Religion did not exist for the saving of souls but for the preservation and welfare of society, and in all that was…
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In all the antique religions, mythology takes the place of dogma; that is, the sacred lore of priests and people... and these…
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The god, it would appear, was frequently thought of as the physical progenitor or first father of his people.
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The land of a god corresponds with the land of his worshipers.
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There isn't a class structure in Nigeria; there's a tribal structure and prestige as far as money is concerned.
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The wish to lead out one's lover must be a tribal feeling; the wish to be seen as loved is part of…
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They want us to give up another chunk of our tribal land. This is not the first time or the last time.
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Therefore, I do not wish to consider any proposition to cede any portion of our tribal holdings to the Great Father.
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Politics is a highly tribal business.
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Like being a woman, like being a racial religious tribal or ethnic minority, being LGBT does not make you less human. And…
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We know one another's faults, virtues, catastrophes, mortifications, triumphs, rivalries, desires, and how long we can each hang by our hands to…
— Rose Macaulay
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Dakota tribal wisdom says that when you're on a dead horse, the best strategy is to dismount. Of course, there are other…
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Socialism is the doctrine that man has no right to exist for his own sake, that his life and his work do…
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To be of mixed blood is a great gift for a writer. I have one foot on tribal lands and one foot…
— Louise Erdrich
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Tattoo. What a loaded word it is, rife with associations to goons, goofs, bikers, tribal warriors, carnival artists, drunken sailors and floozies.
— Jon Anderson
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The American Indian, once proud and free, is torn now between White and tribal values; between the politics and language of the…
— Lyndon B. Johnson
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