Re: virus: Level 3

Eric Boyd (6ceb3@qlink.queensu.ca)
Wed, 28 May 1997 13:49:37 -0500


Robin Faichney wrote:
> >If I ever do end up beleiving in a God, this is probably the way I'll
> >go... I can't actually see there really /being/ a God, but the
> >postualate of His existance could turn out to be quite powerful...
>
> Why believe in "existence"? Seems pretty faith-like to me.
> Isn't it just a meme? Why not make what use you can of the
> memes "God", "existence", etc, without clinging to any of
> them?

Help me out here guys: is this even possible? Can I use a meme without
being "infected" by it to a certain extent. Could this in fact be
"Level 4" as it were... the ability to use /all/ meme's and be
/unaffected/ by any of them?

Nice idea, but I'm not that "smart" or what have you. I'll simply have
to beleive it for it to be any good to me.

ERiC

"To judge from the notions expounded by theologians, one
must conclude that God created most men simply with a
view to crowding hell." Marquis de Sade