Received: by alpheratz.cpm.aca.mmu.ac.uk id KAA07534 (8.6.9/5.3[ref pg@gmsl.co.uk] for cpm.aca.mmu.ac.uk from fmb-bounces@mmu.ac.uk); Tue, 25 Sep 2001 10:51:39 +0100 Date: Tue, 25 Sep 2001 10:35:23 +0100 To: memetics@mmu.ac.uk Subject: Re: Dawkins was right all along Message-ID: <20010925103523.A1300@ii01.org> References: <20010924185018.AAA3214@camailp.harvard.edu@[128.103.125.215]> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.3.15i In-Reply-To: <20010924185018.AAA3214@camailp.harvard.edu@[128.103.125.215]>; from wade_smith@harvard.edu on Mon, Sep 24, 2001 at 02:49:35PM -0400 From: Robin Faichney <robin@ii01.org> Sender: fmb-bounces@mmu.ac.uk Precedence: bulk Reply-To: memetics@mmu.ac.uk
On Mon, Sep 24, 2001 at 02:49:35PM -0400, Wade T.Smith wrote:
> On 09/24/01 13:36, Robin Faichney said this-
>
> >Does that mean you retract all your other statements?
>
> Well, no. I could stumble amidst the definitional morass some more, but I
> won't.
>
> As for religions denying childhood, I absolutely stand by that. Just
> supplying an answer like 'god did it' is denying a child his natural
> curiosity.
Definitional morass, indeed. If that's your definition of "denying
childhood", then that's one morass I'll gladly avoid.
> Like I said, only atheists (like unto little children) go to heaven.
Heaven is a metaphor. What it stands for is the ideal state of mind,
in *this* life. And that's a mind entirely undominated by memes.
Which, in turn, is a mind with no beliefs, even belief in atheism.
Those who believe in atheism, like those who believe in anything else,
are eternally excluded. All crutches turn eventually into anchors.
Letting go is the only universal solution.
-- Robin Faichney "One person's mess is another's complexity" inside information -- http://www.ii01.org/=============================================================== This was distributed via the memetics list associated with the Journal of Memetics - Evolutionary Models of Information Transmission For information about the journal and the list (e.g. unsubscribing) see: http://www.cpm.mmu.ac.uk/jom-emit
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