God Belief - The Meme Thought Virus
Image from : Atheists Online
MEME: (pron. `meem') A contagious information pattern that replicates by symbiotically infecting human minds and altering their behavior, causing them to propagate the pattern.
God belief is like a thought virus which sets up residence within our minds. It feeds on emotional insecurities, fear of the unknown, fear of death, psychological insecurities and our all encompassing egotistical states. It replicates itself into the minds of our children through the indoctrination and assimilation of culture, and mutates in following generations in order to survive.
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Dawkins is right on the money when he says that religions claim a privileged position from which criticism is seen as blasphemy. And, it was, of course against the law in many nations for hundreds of years to in any way, suggest that religion was wrong. It has maintained this position of political privilege because it sleeps with the political parties of each country. It whores itself out in the political arena where it promises the votes of its followers and demands as payment for services rendered, political protection and, if it can get it, religious exclusivity.
"It is fashionable to wax apocalyptic about the threat to humanity posed by the AIDS virus, "mad cow" disease, and many others, but I think a case can be made that faith is one of the world's great evils, comparable to the smallpox virus but harder to eradicate." - Richard Dawkins (The Humanist, Vol. 57, No. 1)
Discuss.
"It is fashionable to wax apocalyptic about the threat to humanity posed by the AIDS virus, "mad cow" disease, and many others, but I think a case can be made that faith is one of the world's great evils, comparable to the smallpox virus but harder to eradicate." - Richard Dawkins (The Humanist, Vol. 57, No. 1)
Discuss.
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posted by beepbeepitsme | 2:58 pm
9 Comments:
You seem to be speaking ofthe Godpart of the brain. That's where it hits.
RE renegage:
I think I will wirte an article concerning the "god part of the brain" as well. Good suggestion.
With the grey-matter, we can god-chatter, while we get-fatter; beware the mad-hatter!
When I saw that image (evolution of superstition), the thought that went through my head was that this would make a great t-shirt. I'm glad I clicked on the link because I think I'm going to have to get one of these.
RE vjack:
They seem to have some pretty funny stuff at that site.
Awesome drawing. But doesn't the kid thinking "Dear Santa Claus" look kinda too big to you? Makes him look like he's 13 years old.
Sheer brilliance daniel...;)
The "god part" of my brain is broken, only the rational part remains.
RE mojoey:
The "god part" of my mind was created by a "thought virus" ;)
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