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Is religion a virus?
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RE: Is religion a virus?
Dawkins popularised the notion of religion being a meme or mind virus, and the metaphor has some merit.

People are generally easy to manipulate, and many have inbuilt psychological predispositions that make them susceptible to religion and magical thinking in particular.
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Is religion a virus? - by MarcusA - September 2, 2023 at 7:56 pm
RE: Is religion a virus? - by The Valkyrie - September 2, 2023 at 8:03 pm
RE: Is religion a virus? - by MarcusA - September 2, 2023 at 8:18 pm
RE: Is religion a virus? - by The Valkyrie - September 2, 2023 at 8:26 pm
RE: Is religion a virus? - by The Valkyrie - September 4, 2023 at 12:29 am
RE: Is religion a virus? - by Gwaithmir - September 4, 2023 at 1:26 am
RE: Is religion a virus? - by FrustratedFool - September 4, 2023 at 4:21 am
RE: Is religion a virus? - by Anomalocaris - September 4, 2023 at 4:26 am
RE: Is religion a virus? - by FrustratedFool - September 4, 2023 at 4:28 am
RE: Is religion a virus? - by Anomalocaris - September 4, 2023 at 5:12 am
RE: Is religion a virus? - by FrustratedFool - September 4, 2023 at 5:13 am
RE: Is religion a virus? - by Gawdzilla Sama - September 4, 2023 at 8:32 am
RE: Is religion a virus? - by Data - September 13, 2023 at 8:50 pm
RE: Is religion a virus? - by Data - September 13, 2023 at 9:01 pm
RE: Is religion a virus? - by Fake Messiah - September 14, 2023 at 11:34 am
RE: Is religion a virus? - by Angrboda - September 14, 2023 at 1:40 pm
RE: Is religion a virus? - by emjay - September 14, 2023 at 2:36 pm

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