RE: The Demise of a Meme

From: Wade T.Smith (wade_smith@harvard.edu)
Date: Thu Mar 22 2001 - 12:57:39 GMT

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Subject: RE: The Demise of a Meme
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    Hi Vincent Campbell -

    >Isn't Bhudda [sic] an idol as in any other faith?

    Buddhism does seem to have an unlimited amount of physical accoutrements
    required for its practice. More so than xianity? Yeah, I think so,
    although high catholicism comes close in its collection of crosses and
    jewelry and robes of offialdom.

    Having a statue of a buddha, and having a cross, do seem to be related,
    at least in the outward revelation of one's faith.

    Can one be a buddhist without a belly to rub? Sure.

    Can one be a xian without rosary beads? Sure.

    I suppose atheists might have something to look at, sometimes, but I
    don't know what that would be.

    If an indicator of a faith is its use of iconography, buddhism wins.

    - Wade

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