Received: by alpheratz.cpm.aca.mmu.ac.uk id JAA06395 (8.6.9/5.3[ref pg@gmsl.co.uk] for cpm.aca.mmu.ac.uk from fmb-majordomo@mmu.ac.uk); Wed, 22 Nov 2000 09:55:16 GMT Message-ID: <2D1C159B783DD211808A006008062D3101745B2B@inchna.stir.ac.uk> From: Vincent Campbell <v.p.campbell@stir.ac.uk> To: "'memetics@mmu.ac.uk'" <memetics@mmu.ac.uk> Subject: RE: religion/spirituality Date: Wed, 22 Nov 2000 09:52:54 -0000 X-Mailer: Internet Mail Service (5.5.2650.21) Content-Type: text/plain Sender: fmb-majordomo@mmu.ac.uk Precedence: bulk Reply-To: memetics@mmu.ac.uk
<Because,
> a) Christianity could spread horizontally, whereas Judeaism is only
> passed on vertically.
>
> b) It had a much better storyline. (Four versions of it, as a matter
> of fact.)
>
> If your looking for an "improvement" Christianity made over Judaism
> memeticly, this is it; a short martyr story written in the style of
> popular books of the day will always infect the emotions much more
> efficiently than a five volume set of tomes, half of which are filled
> with laws and guidelines.
>
> (And, of course, it's a hell of a lot easier to convince someone to just
> pray to your God, than to convince them to pray to your God _AND_ let
> you lop a bit of flesh off his penis to boot! ;-)>
>
Thanks Tim, I think you've got to the delicate heart of the
question!
Vincent
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