RE: The Demise of a Meme

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    On 22 Mar 2001, at 14:36, Vincent Campbell wrote:

    Some Jews chant with a box containing written parchment bound
    to their heads; some Buddhists chant to a box containing a written
    parchment.
    >
    > I don't know what happened to them, but in the 1980s there was an
    > atheist choir in the UK. I don't know what kind of songs they
    > sang....
    >
    > > ----------
    > > From: Wade T.Smith
    > > Reply To: memetics@mmu.ac.uk
    > > Sent: Thursday, March 22, 2001 12:57 pm
    > > To: Memetics Discussion List
    > > Subject: RE: The Demise of a Meme
    > >
    > > 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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