Institutions Have The Pathetic Megalomania Of The

If We Can Abstract Pathogenicity And Hygiene From Our Notion Of Dirt, We Are Left With The Old Definition Of Dirt As Matter Out Of Place. This Is A Very Suggestive Approach. It Implies Two Conditions: A Set Of Ordered Relations And A Contrevention Of That Order. Dirt Then, Is Never A Unique, Isolated Event. Where There Is Dirt There Is A System. Dirt Is The By-product Of A Systematic Ordering And Classification Of Matter, In So Far As Ordering Involves Rejecting Inappropriate Elements.

Inside A Religious Body You Get Sects And Hierarchies, Inside An Information Network You Get Bazaars And Cathedrals, It Is The Same, Call Them What You Like. They Survive By Pointing The Finger Of Blame At Each Other.

If People Want To Compete For Leadership Of A Religious Group, They Can Compete In Piety. A Chilling Thought. Or Funny.

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?

Yes, Disappointment Over Perceived Unfairness, Injustice, Promises Not Kept, Tends To Go Hand In Hand With Increasing Prosperity. Expectations Are Dashed. What Can I Say!