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Re: 22/7 & infinities (was: Re: The nature of the JC god, good or evil?)
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Fri, 27 Aug 1999 05:20:34 GMT
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In lugnet.off-topic.debate, Todd Lehman writes:
> In lugnet.off-topic.debate, "David Eaton" <wpieaton@wpi.edu> writes:
> > [...]
> > I can't say I despise ALL religions-- I just despise religions that won't
> > bend. Christianity is deeply seated there. Christianity, and particularly
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> I like the note in there about survival of the fittest! IMHO, all of the
> religions popular today are memes or viruses of the mind which have adapted
> and evolved to serve the human condition and local political climates.
> Those religions which do not include means for self-preservation and, more
> importantly, self-propagation -- and fail to adapt to the changing times --
> eventually perish.
Yeah - religions can adapt. I don't think David Eaton is really correct to say
that Christianity doesn't bend - it does - it just does so over a period of
hundreds of years - rather than tens of years.
Christianity has adapted tremendously over
the centuries. I suspect most strict Christians would be quite shocked if they
studied Christian history and discovered just how little their beliefs had in
common
with the beliefs of Christians of the first few centuries after Christ.
Don't think the same is true for Islam - that's stayed fairly constant, and has
been able to do so through the tight control the Islamic clergy have had over
muslim societies over the centuries.
'viruses of the mind' is a bit provocative though. I'm sure there's
a few people who'd say that about atheism :)
Simon
http://www.SimonRobinson.com
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 | | theism & atheism (was: Re: 22/7 & infinities)
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| (...) I would say that, yeah. Definitely. Atheism is a meme just as much as theism is. Moreover, atheism is a direct byproduct of theism. If theism had never evolved on this planet, then neither would have atheism. Theism can exist without atheism, (...) (25 years ago, 27-Aug-99, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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