Roman Catholicism had been the state religion and the only one allowed by the Spanish crown.

Audience: For instance, neither Christ nor Ramakrishna Paramahamsa wanted an organized religion; but forgetting the very essence of the teachings, people have built around them an organized religion.

听众：例如，基督或室利•罗摩克里希那都不想成立有组织的宗教；但是人们忘记了他们的教诲的本质，围绕着他们建立了有组织的宗教。

in organized religion is falling among Americans under age thirty.

美国30岁以下的人加入有组织的宗教的人数出现下降。

We take sex and family and food seriously and organized religion not at all.

对待性、家庭和食物时我们很认真。对待组织宗教一点也不认真。

Every day you read tales of miscreancy in finance, politics, organized religion, and its cultural counterpart, organized sports.

到处是这种人，而且这种印象越来越明显，因为不管是在金融、政治、宗教组织，还是其文化副本：体育组织，我们每天都会读到层出不穷的丑闻。

Undergoing the Trials of a Long and Arduous Journey, Recording the Culture in the Alien Land& The Religious Traveler Huichao; organized religion; organized crime; an organized tour.

跋涉千山万水笔载异域风情&宗教旅行家慧超有组织的宗教活动；有组织的犯罪行为；组团旅游。

Thomas Jefferson practiced Deism, which contends that reason and observation of the natural world are enough to determine the universe has a creator without the need for organized religion.

Thomas jefferson就信奉自然神教，该教的主张是：自然世界的推理和观察足以说明世界存在着创始者，并不需要通过组织教会来证明这一点。

Of course organized religion doesn't have a monopoly on virtue, and one not need be religious to make moral claims or appeal to a common good.

当然有组织的宗教对美德并不是垄断的，而且人们不一定要有信仰才能做出道德主张或者呼吁共同利益。

The argument goes back to the time when organized religion was almost as powerful as the monarchies ruling countries.

争论可以追溯到宗教组织几乎和君主统治国家享有一样权力的时代。

Organized religion comes down to having faith that there is a higher being and a place to go after death.

宗教组织归根结底都信奉有这个“高级的存在”，并且人在死后都会到另一个世界去。

The emergence of the electronic church leads to crisis of modern organized religion; while changing the ways in which religion is articulated and experienced, it is also altering the social integration function of religion.

电子教堂的出现导致了现代宗教危机，它在改变传教方式、改变宗教体验的同时，也深刻改变了宗教的本质及社会整合功能。

The armed forces, organized religion, universities and research institutes& all play their part.

武装力量，宗教组织，大学和研究机构都发挥着自己的作用。

We are so conditioned by organized religion to think there is truth in it that we have come to believe that by calling oneself a Hindu one is somebody, or one will find God.

我们受到宗教的如此局限，因而我们相信称呼我们为印度徒，我们就是获得了某种地位，就能够发现上帝。

Participation in organized religion is falling among Americans under age thirty.

30岁以下美国人中，参与有组织宗教的人数正在下滑。

And besides, saying that sex can be defined in spiritual terms doesn'thave to include organized religion.

此外，称性可以用宗教术语来定义并不一定包括严谨的宗教。

Organized religion, and controlling establishments, view the human populace as their herds.

有组织的宗教，以及控制机构，视人类老百姓为他们的畜产。

We are not discussing religion as the pursuit of truth, but we are considering if there is any truth in organized religion.

我们不是说作为追求真理的宗教，而是说有组织的宗教。

Whether listening to music, being in nature, watching dance or taking part in organized religion.

不论是听音乐、去感受大自然、看舞蹈表演或是参加一个有组织的宗教。

Is there any truth in organized religion?

在有组织的宗教里是否有真理？

However, many still openly opposed organized religion.

然而，也有很多人公然反对有组织的宗教。

Audience: This move to do away with organized religion may itself form an organized religion.

听众：这种拒绝有组织的宗教可能本身形成有组织的宗教。