RE: religion/spirituality

From: Wade T.Smith (wade_smith@harvard.edu)
Date: Tue Nov 21 2000 - 03:36:22 GMT

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    Hi Richard Brodie --

    >Judaism "proselytizes" only to blood children, hence the lower rate of
    >spreading throughout heterogeneous populations than Christianity. Both fit
    >the mind-virus model quite well.

    Both fit, yes.

    The 'proselytizing' comes from the fact that blood matters from the
    maternal side. Thus, female wandering and cross-fertilizing is the agent.
    And there is a strong tribal system behind it all to gather in the
    children.

    Different sort of virus, but virus, yes, nonetheless. Or bacterium, or
    something....

    - Wade

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