Received: by alpheratz.cpm.aca.mmu.ac.uk id XAA14413 (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 23:56:13 GMT To: memetics@mmu.ac.uk Message-Id: <AA-E232F9A6E07DE87A40EFC52E4455CF26-ZZ@homebase1.prodigy.net> Date: Mon, 21 Jan 2002 18:52:22 -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.
In addition think of the following. Brains work as
unconventional computers who need software. Memes
(ideas, whatever...) provide the software, the programs
to function in life. Just as with conventional
computers programs control the hardware,
the brain, the body, not vice-versa.
Philip.
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