RE: Words and memes: criteria for acceptance of new belief or meme

From: Keith Henson (hkhenson@cogeco.ca)
Date: Mon Feb 18 2002 - 21:37:51 GMT

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    At 11:46 AM 18/02/02 -0800, Richard Brodie wrote:
    >Philip wrote:
    >
    ><<Religion, cults
    >and other pathological idealogies are founded on
    >fantasy.>>
    >
    >Would most people (even scientists) consider religion to be a pathological
    >ideology? On the contrary, it is usually atheism that is considered
    >pathological.

    See my recent posting on this subject.

    Of course, when you understand what makes lightening, you no longer need a
    thunder god to account for it.

    Keith Henson

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