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Subject: 
Re: Does God have a monopoly on gods?)
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lugnet.off-topic.debate
Date: 
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.

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.

--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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  Re: memes (Was: Re: Does God have a monopoly on gods?)
 
(...) 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 (...) (25 years ago, 4-Mar-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)

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