Meme is a cultural invention that passes from one mind to another and thrives, or declines, like a gene. Memetics explores the concepts and transmission of memes in a similar fashion to genetics. A meme's success is due to its contribution to the effectiveness of its host. Memeplex, like the genetic code, is a set of ideas that reinforce each other. Religion is a memeplex.
Religions, scams, and hoaxes succeed because they exploit powerful psychological processes. These processes are the very ones that have enabled humans to survive and create art and technology, but also transform Homo Sapiens into Homo Suckers!
Mitt Romney desperately needs the Jewish vote, and he found a good opportunity: I extend my sincere condolences to the family of Benzion Netanyahu. Not only was he the father of my friend Benjamin, the Prime Minister of Israel, and the father of Israel's hero of the Entebbe raid, Yonatan Netanyahu, he was also a distinguished historian and leader in his own right. This is a loss for all of Israel and for all who care about Israel.
Because religions claim divine favor for themselves, over and against other groups, this sense of righteousness leads to violence because conflicting claims to superiority, based on unverifiable appeals to God, cannot be adjudicated objectively. Religions do tremendous harm to society by using violence to promote their goals, in ways that are endorsed and exploited by their leaders. Abrahamic Religions are inherently violent because of an exclusivism that inevitably fosters violence against those that are considered outsiders. Abrahamic legacy is actually genocidal in nature.
A few monthws ago, Robert Jeffress and many other pastors ignited a firestorm by calling Mormonism a cult and advising Republicans not to vote for Mitt Romney. But now they have made a U-turn, endorsing Romney!
Roger Trigg has identified a trend towards curtailing religious freedom in favor of other social priorities, such as equality and non-discrimination. Religious freedom and the right to manifest religious belief is a central part of every charter of human rights but in recent years there has been a clear trend for courts in Europe and North America to prioritize equality and non-discrimination above religion, placing the right to religious freedom in danger.
Many religulous leaders quickly have shifted their support from Santorum to Romney. They are interested in influence in government, and it's harder to have influence if you aren't part of the journey to winning. Religulous leaders worry they might lose the role of Republican kingmakers they have held for thirty years!
To win over religulous voters, Romney will speak at the May 12 commencement of Liberty University, a religulous school in Virginia. Two out of three evangelicals do not believe Mormonism is a form of Christianity.
I support Gary Johnson of the Libertarian Party for President of USA. Johnson has an outstanding record for vetoing legislation as former governor of New Mexico. He vetoed more bills than all other governors in USA combined, stopping the expansion of big government.
Santorum declares that since Republicans nominated Romney who is just a little different from Obama, then Americans may as well stay with Obama instead of taking a risk. No Santorum, Americans better vote for Gary Johnson of the Libertarian Party!
Romney has made a U-turn on abortion and he hoodwinks the Roe v. Wade decision allowing abortion should be reversed. But in regard to the moral aspects of birth control, the primary right involved is not the right of an unborn child, nor of the family, nor of society, nor of God. The primary right is one which, in today's public clamor on the subject, few, if any, voices have had the courage to uphold: the right of man and woman to their own life and happiness, the right not to be regarded as the means to any end.
Ayn Rand points out the capacity to procreate is merely a potential which man is not obligated to actualize. The choice to have children or not is morally optional. Nature endows man with a variety of potentials, and it is his mind that must decide which capacities he chooses to exercise, according to his own hierarchy of rational goals and values. http://venitism.blogspot.com
The mere fact that man has the capacity to kill, does not mean that it is his duty to become a murderer; in the same way, the mere fact that man has the capacity to procreate, does not mean that it is his duty to commit spiritual suicide by making procreation his primary goal and turning himself into a stud-farm animal.
To an animal, the rearing of its young is a matter of temporary cycles. To man, it is a lifelong responsibility, a grave responsibility that must not be undertaken causelessly, thoughtlessly or accidentally. http://venitism.blogspot.com
Jeffress now says Mormons and Christians, though different, share many values, while Obama embraces non-Biblical principles such as support for abortion rights. Partnership with Romney benefits all religulous freaks. They are trying very hard to make sure that the Mormon faith is not going to be an obstacle going forward.
Venitis Law of Selfownership: You own your body and your soul, and nobody should dictate what you take in and what you take out. Speech, education, heresy, habeas corpus, military service, mating, healthcare, abortion, cloning, drugs, guns, and euthanasia should be personal choices.
Trigg is calling for these rights to be balanced. There should not be a hierarchy of rights, but it should be possible to take account of all of them in some way. Reasonable accommodation ought to be the standard. The courts seem to have taken it upon themselves to decide what is and isn't core to belief in a particular religion. Limiting the freedom of religion, courts are limiting human freedom itself, because of the central role played by religion in society. Religion is always vulnerable as it posits a different source of authority from that of the State. No State can be a functioning democracy unless it allows its citizens to manifest their beliefs about what is most important in life.
JOURNEY TO GOD
By Basil Venitis
venitis@gmail.com
http://venitism.blogspot.com
Faith is retarded thinking
That keeps you away from God
Give up the hoodwinking
Start now your journey to God.
Religion is spiritual slavery
It's very stupid very odd
Your soul needs real bravery
Start now your journey to God.
Discover God your own way
No priests, but spirit's nod
Don't let yourself astray
Start now your journey to God.
Become now pure and faithless
Faith replaced by truth of God
Spirituality is true and ageless
Start now your journey to God.
FOCUS OUR MACROSCOPE
By Basil Venitis
venitis@gmail.com
http://venitism.blogspot.com
Hosanna our Creator!
Focus our macroscope in Your direction,
And inspire us for proper behavior,
To enlighten Your wise creation.
Transform us to magi of peace and love,
And give us the courage to face the odds,
To vamp but not to shove,
And help all folks with all our heart.
Thank You so much for Your great benevolence,
And all wisdom in all Your kingdom,
Thank you so much for the great experience,
In the school of Earth for love and freedom.
Amen
DEAR GOD
By Basil Venitis
venitis@gmail.com
http://venitism.blogspot.com
God everything is in order
Everything follows Your plan
No statists no borders
Your will shall be done.
Don't know how to thank you
For inspiring me so much
For filling my mind with clues
For filling my heart with love.
Regards to my soulmate
And the entire bunch
Tell them of my debate
The statists had a real crunch.
Amen!
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