Received: by alpheratz.cpm.aca.mmu.ac.uk id OAA10675 (8.6.9/5.3[ref pg@gmsl.co.uk] for cpm.aca.mmu.ac.uk from fmb-bounces@mmu.ac.uk); Wed, 26 Sep 2001 14:39:35 +0100 Subject: RE: Belief & Behavior Date: Wed, 26 Sep 2001 08:33:58 -0400 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: <20010926123444.AAA17850@camailp.harvard.edu@[128.103.125.215]> Sender: fmb-bounces@mmu.ac.uk Precedence: bulk Reply-To: memetics@mmu.ac.uk
On 09/25/01 16:04, Richard Brodie said this-
>But the purpose of religion is not to explain reality. The purpose of
>religion is to create a desired future.
I doubt religion is the only thing around with that purpose, and, if that
_is_ its only purpose, it's a miserable failure, precisely because it
fails to explain reality.
On the other hand, it's done a fairly good job creating a future for its
priests, (although that upstart science, and the technologies of
communication are making that harder, more power to them), which, IMHO,
is its real purpose.
- Wade
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