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| Tim Murphy |
 Posted: Fri Nov 23, 2007 4:19 pm |
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Religion is a mind-virus
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Copyright © 2007 by Zack Smith,
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Religion is a mind-virus
Religion is a virus that invades a host, the human mind, and like any virus
takes over the host and uses it for its purposes. This page has the purpose
of describing some of the ways in which religion controls its host-victim,
the human mind, but this is not yet a complete list.
Meaning
Religion convinces its host-victims that only religion is a source of
"meaning" or a meaningful life in the world, but it discourages its
host-victims from interacting with non-religious people to learn how they're
living. The religion mind-virus thus tries to tie all experiences to itself,
and induces the illogical belief that life and experiences that are
disconnected from the religion have no meaning or importance. This allows it
to exert much greater control over the host-victim because it ensures
loyalty.
Isolation
Religion discourages its host-victims from interacting with people who have
different ideas, especially with people who are non-religious. Therefore the
virus is granted maximal control without interference from people who might
think infection with that virus or with all mind-viruses requires action to
disinfect the host.
Illogic
The religion mind-virus discourages logical thinking, because such thinking
might show the contradictions and inconsistencies of the religion itself.
Blindness
The religion mind-virus induces a kind of blindness to obvious benefits of
science and engineering. Thus, the virus will lead people to exploit
technology without allowing them to recognize that every piece of high
technology is a result of scientific advances and scientific thinking. This
seems like hypocrisy but really it is caused by the thinking mechanism of
the host being disrupted.
Bigotry
The religion mind-virus manages its particular group of host-victims by
inducing in them bigoted views against those of different groups. This has
the purpose of assuring host-victims that it is not worth the trouble to
stray from the pack because outsiders are inferior, and forming new
loyalties or even friendships undermines the mind-virus's control on the
host. The reason for not connecting with others is established as being that
the others being inferior, and you are superior. A mind-virus may even
promote supremacist views e.g. "we are the chosen ones".
Infection of the young
For the survival of the mind-virus, is vital that young people be infected
by their parents or local infectors (priests, pastor, imam, etc.) before
they form natural immunity to mind-virus infection in the form of cognitive
ability. Indeed the actions of the local infector is similar to that of
Typhoid Mary or any other person who has sought to infect many people with a
disease. The goal of the infector, conscious or not, is to spread the
infection among those most vulnerable to it, namely the very young and the
old.
Bravado
The mind-virus causes the host-victim to declare an attitude to anyone who
might threaten their loyalty to their religion-infection that they can't be
changed from their course as an infected (religious) person. Despite the
irrationality of this, the host-victim is really exposing his or her own
inner imbalance and vulnerability. "You'll never change me" actually means
"I have given up my free will to the mind-virus and am adrift under its
influence".
Religion is a mind-virus
Version 0.2
Copyright © 2007 by Zack Smith,
All rights reserved.
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| LidsvilleNine |
| Posted: Fri Nov 23, 2007 10:11 pm |
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On Nov 23, 2:19 pm, "Tim Murphy" <i...@cinox.demon.co.uk> wrote:
Quote: Religion is a mind-virus
Version 0.2
Copyright (c) 2007 by Zack Smith,
All rights reserved.
Religion is a mind-virus
Religion is a mind-virus
Version 0.2
Copyright (c) 2007 by Zack Smith,
All rights reserved.
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http://home.comcast.net/~plutarch/MindVirus.html
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Bravo. |
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| duke |
| Posted: Sat Nov 24, 2007 12:52 pm |
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On Fri, 23 Nov 2007 20:19:46 GMT, "Tim Murphy" <info@cinox.demon.co.uk> wrote:
Quote: Religion is a mind-virus
Religion is a virus that invades a host, the human mind, and like any virus
takes over the host and uses it for its purposes.
Except that the effects are 100% good and wonderful for the host.
duke, American-American
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"The Mass is the most perfect form of Prayer."
Pope Paul VI
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| duke |
| Posted: Sat Nov 24, 2007 12:53 pm |
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On Sat, 24 Nov 2007 00:11:46 -0800 (PST), LidsvilleNine
<FatherHellias@gmail.com> wrote:
Quote: http://home.comcast.net/~plutarch/MindVirus.html
Bravo.
Hmmm, looking forward to an eternity in hell, are we?
duke, American-American
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"The Mass is the most perfect form of Prayer."
Pope Paul VI
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| CE |
| Posted: Sat Nov 24, 2007 4:06 pm |
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On Nov 23, 4:19 pm, "Tim Murphy" <i...@cinox.demon.co.uk> wrote:
Quote: Religion is a mind-virus
This is simply a stupid post. There is no religion virus. |
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| Tim Murphy |
| Posted: Sat Nov 24, 2007 6:33 pm |
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"duke" <duckgumbo32@cox.net>
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news:tjlgk3d15iha5ubvspc4mc45dqkrpp96g1@4ax.com...
On Fri, 23 Nov 2007 20:19:46 GMT, "Tim Murphy"
<info@cinox.demon.co.uk> wrote:
Quote: Religion is a mind-virus
Religion is a virus that invades a host, the human mind, and
like any virus takes over the host and uses it for its purposes.
Except that the effects are 100% good and wonderful for the host.
Earl Weber: a white-euro-catholopath in Turtle Island who sends
off topic posts to ARC.
I read that heroin also has it's attractions but eventually rots the mind.
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The Mass is a primitive cannibalistic ritual.
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| Medici |
| Posted: Sat Nov 24, 2007 6:33 pm |
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duke wrote:
Quote: On Fri, 23 Nov 2007 20:19:46 GMT, "Tim Murphy" <info@cinox.demon.co.uk> wrote:
Religion is a mind-virus
Religion is a virus that invades a host, the human mind, and like any virus
takes over the host and uses it for its purposes.
Except that the effects are 100% good and wonderful for the host.
duke, American-American
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"The Mass is the most perfect form of Prayer."
Pope Paul VI
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Bigotry, discrimination, the undermining of secular political institutions, the
subversion of the Enlightenment goals of the American Revolution hardly seem like
wonderful effects upon the host
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C. Marietta de Medici
Villa Medici Gallese
"The Medicis: Banking, Metaphysics and Art" |
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| LidsvilleNine |
| Posted: Sat Nov 24, 2007 6:38 pm |
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On Nov 24, 10:53 am, duke <duckgumb...@cox.net> wrote:
In the Universe, which way is "down"? |
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