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Re: Does God have a monopoly on gods?)
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lugnet.off-topic.debate
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Sat, 4 Mar 2000 23:26:06 GMT
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In lugnet.off-topic.debate, Todd Lehman writes:
> In lugnet.off-topic.debate, Erik Olson writes:
> > [...]
> > Anyway, it's time to wrap up this essay. I think there is a time to
> > label something a meme, but only when you want to emphasize its
> > propogation and nothing deeper.
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> Ya, that's what I meant earlier when I mentioned that religions were memes.
> I'm always curious how religions manage to propagate themselves. Thus, it
> doesn't seem surprising to me that a religion with a first commandment in
> which its deity disavows the existence of other deities would end up being
> a dominant player in the religions market.
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> --Todd
I think the strategy is also to announce the desirable features of Messiah 2.0
and then not actually ship it. When others announce their version of Messiah,
threaten them.
Of course, a significant portion of the user base hasn't even "upgraded" to
Messiah 1.0 yet, preferring the Law and Prophets shell.
Propogate is one of those words I've never learned to spell.
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