>I have been in bed with a real virus and have been lurking this week and
>see that we have not gotten much farther. I hope that you are going to
>come up with personal examples. You see, I simply do not believe in *blind
>faith*. So 51 years is not all that much, but I have never met anyone who
>did not have lots of reasons for faith or belief. NEVER.
I don't doubt it. But the question is are their reasons valid or good?
(In case you hadn't guessed I'm planning to explore that question in
the new "Influence" thread.)
>Now, you might take me to task about them not questioning their beliefs. I
>do not believe this either. I wonder how many elite memes are at work
>here? Just a question not a challenge. I admire your ability to consider
>the basis for your own ideas.
Do you mean memes that are elite, or eliteness memes?
>Do you believe that most people in the world (99%) are more like you or
>more unlike you? If you believe the latter, what experiences have you had
>that lead you to this belief?
Compared to what? 99% of the people in the world are more like me than,
say, an oyster. :)
-- David McFadzean david@lucifer.com Memetic Engineer http://www.lucifer.com/~david/ Church of Virus http://www.lucifer.com/virus/