Received: by alpheratz.cpm.aca.mmu.ac.uk id PAA00192 (8.6.9/5.3[ref pg@gmsl.co.uk] for cpm.aca.mmu.ac.uk from fmb-majordomo@mmu.ac.uk); Mon, 20 Nov 2000 15:32:07 GMT Subject: RE: religion/spirituality Date: Mon, 20 Nov 2000 10:28:30 -0500 x-sender: wsmith1@camail2.harvard.edu x-mailer: Claris Emailer 2.0v3, Claritas Est Veritas From: "Wade T.Smith" <wade_smith@harvard.edu> To: "memetics list" <memetics@mmu.ac.uk> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Message-ID: <20001120152716.AAA22671@camailp.harvard.edu@[128.103.125.215]> Sender: fmb-majordomo@mmu.ac.uk Precedence: bulk Reply-To: memetics@mmu.ac.uk
On 11/20/00 09:32, Gatherer, D. (Derek) said this-
>a) it does proselytise - in which case why fail to become the religion of
>the Empire? (given that it satisfied the memetic criterion of 'one god =
>spread fast')
One man's advertisement is another man's footnote.
Failing to become the religion of the empire is not a failure to
proselytize, just a failure to blatantly advertise.
And the rigors of _becoming_ a jew are far more involved than the ease of
becoming a xian.
Different strokes. Kind of like VHS and Beta....
- Wade
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