Re: virus: Saints

Marie Foster (mfos@ieway.com)
Tue, 02 Dec 1997 08:23:30 -0800


Sodom wrote:
>
> Paul Prestopnik wrote:
>
> > > Sodom Wrote:
> > > Hey, I think Bertrand Russle should be one of our saints.
>
> > the only writings of Russel I have read was a chapter entitled "the
> > problem
> > with evil" or something close. But it was pretty good, he seemed to
> > have a
> > clear way of expressing ideas, and a rational viewpoint.
> > I guess my question is what does it take to be cannonized??
> > Last I checked our only saint was Darwin, that seems a pretty obvious
> > choice, but beyond that some criteria would be helpful. Does the
> > saint-to-be have to be dead? Work done in meme's, or just something
> > related, or maybe a foot ladder for memes?
>
> It seems to me that to be considered a Virian Saint, all you
> mentioned is good.
>
> 1. They should be dead, but I'm not opposed to living Saints other than
> they may become psycho's after we select them.
> 2. They should have spent a lot of time examining and publishing works
> related to mems, or thought processes.
> 3. They should be Atheists or Agnostics
> 4. They should be male (Just kidding, put that there for valerian - I
> like to push butons!)
> 5. They should have overwhelming CoV support
>
> What do you think?
>
> Sodom

Bill... there are lots of good theists out there that diserve
consideration....!

Marie