Sentences with phrase «ostracization for»

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Religions incorporated and codified these basic social values and skills, and quickly learned to take credit for them — as if, without the religion, we would be doomed to not have them — although we see them in every human society, including hunter - gather tribes with no sense of gods as we understand them After many centuries of religious domination, enforced through pain of death, ostracization or other social sanctions, allowing religion to take credit, as well as failing to question other religious claims — has become a cultural habit.

For myself, part of my resistance to the label of «atheist» was the social ostracization and my failure to understand that «atheist» did not mean that I was close - minded to new evidence.

The same weapons are employed: shaming, threats of ostracization, condemnations... I have no time for such.

Critically, though, this had to be done for a longer time than modern people would like, and importantly, had to be done consistently, and probably within a stress - free environment, where one could eat as much as one wanted without fear of ostracization.

There are many things people will not say under their true names for fear of ridicule, ostracization, and yes, even legal action.

To be concerned about «legal action» means that your speech is not free but if speech is free then to worry about ridicule or ostracization is to reject personal accountability for your words and makes you a coward.