Received: by alpheratz.cpm.aca.mmu.ac.uk id XAA14392 (8.6.9/5.3[ref pg@gmsl.co.uk] for cpm.aca.mmu.ac.uk from fmb-majordomo@mmu.ac.uk); Mon, 21 Jan 2002 23:51:50 GMT To: memetics@mmu.ac.uk Message-Id: <AA-DAD8A62FB7EA72BAC17AD19B1D58D4E0-ZZ@maillink1.prodigy.net> Date: Mon, 21 Jan 2002 18:48:01 -0500 From: "Philip Jonkers" <PHILIPJONKERS@prodigy.net> Subject: Re: Scientology Sender: fmb-majordomo@mmu.ac.uk Precedence: bulk Reply-To: memetics@mmu.ac.uk
Grant:
>But I don't believe it's the idea that becomes the
puppet master. It's the
>person who sees a way to use an idea for that purpose
who becomes the puppet
>master. The men who used fear of God to make people
accept ungodly ideas is
>the villain, not the ideas themselves. They use
ignorance and fear to drive
>out ideas that might counter what they preach. They
convince people to
>accept ideas that fly in the face of what their
senses tell them by selling
>the idea that faith is more real than what your eyes
can see. That heaven
>is a better goal to strive for than a life of peace
and harmony with one's
>neighbors. This is the work of men, not ideas.
Ideas are just the tools
>they use.
Indeed, ultimately it is the orginator of the idea
who is the `master', who is human. But that
doesn't mean that people can't be spellbound by
infectious memes. Cult-idealogical memes set a good
example. Such memes fill a need to some receptive
people indeed, but in return you will work as a
slave for the cult-doctrine for the rest of your
life (unless you get deprogrammed of course).
Philip.
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