I studied anthropology in college, and one of the things I learned was that certain human social structures always reappear. They can't be eliminated from society. One of those structures is religion. Today it is said we live in a secular society in which many people — the best people, the most enlightened people — do not believe in any religion. But I think that you cannot eliminate religion from the psyche of mankind. If you suppress it in one form, it merely re-emerges in another form. You can not believe in God, but you still have to believe in something that gives meaning to your life, and shapes your sense of the world. Such a belief is religious.


Environmentalism as a Religion (2003)

Michael Crichton Quotes

I studied anthropology in college, and one of the things I learned was that certain human social structures always reappear. They can't be eliminated ...

I studied anthropology in college, and one of the things I learned was that certain human social structures always reappear. They can't be eliminated ...

I studied anthropology in college, and one of the things I learned was that certain human social structures always reappear. They can't be eliminated ...

I studied anthropology in college, and one of the things I learned was that certain human social structures always reappear. They can't be eliminated ...