Received: by alpheratz.cpm.aca.mmu.ac.uk id RAA08947 (8.6.9/5.3[ref pg@gmsl.co.uk] for cpm.aca.mmu.ac.uk from fmb-majordomo@mmu.ac.uk); Thu, 7 Dec 2000 17:56:05 GMT Subject: RE: virus: Psychological Profile of Hall Date: Thu, 7 Dec 2000 12:52:08 -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: <20001207175054.AAA12178@camailp.harvard.edu@[128.103.125.215]> Sender: fmb-majordomo@mmu.ac.uk Precedence: bulk Reply-To: memetics@mmu.ac.uk
On 12/07/00 11:02, Vincent Campbell said this-
>Perhaps there's a qualitative distinction here between religions and other
>systems, say education.
Hmmm, so why (or perhaps how) do so many religions, in their
institutionalizations, maintain schools, and depend, for their
propagation, on the religious education of the young members of the
congregation/community/diaspora/tribe/cult?
Drawing the line between religions and education is risky and fruitless
business, IMHO. Much of religion, as it's practiced, _is_ education, of
the young, and of a continuing set of members, from birth to death, and
in many instances, well beyond.
- Wade
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