How closely do we want to mirror Christianity? If the end result of all this is preaching to
passive minds, what difference does it make if the preacher says "God" or "Meme"? What would
be gained even if we totally replaced Christianity?
Also, it seems to me that Christianity is the best Christianity there is. Rather than trying
to take over their memespace, why not exploit our own? I think such a memespace exists and has
lots of potential. It seems to me that the power of Christianity, while broad, is not deep.
People don't run their lives by it anymore. It's almost as if they do it because that's what's
always been done. People are ready to hear new ideas. I think that if we present these new
ideas, CoV will spread. But if instead of presenting new ideas all we do is try to spread, CoV
will fail because that niche is already dominated by Christianity.
-- David Leeper Homo Deus http://home1.gte.net/dleeper/index.htm