The attack by Muslims in Paris on the magazine Charlie Hebdo, which satirises
various subjects, show how much human minds infected with religious memes can
deviate from rational social behaviour. This may result in a huge backlash
against Muslims who are more peaceful and somewhat less crazy.
To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Wednesday, January 7, 2015 2:41 PM
Subject: [FairfieldLife] The Religious Mind
The attack by Muslims in Paris on the magazine Charlie Hebdo, which
satirises various subjects, show how much human minds infected with religious
memes can deviate from rational
--In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, no_re...@yahoogroups.com wrote :
The difference of your POV and mine is, that mine is emic, and yours is etic. I
think, that every group, decides themself, how they believe in what, and it is
the people themselves, who follow their interpretation of
Your words made me think so thanks for that. It sent me on a mission to see
where the gaps are in my thinking along the lines you indicate. Because I
certainly did focus on the religious connection when I read this news.
I don't think your trying to connect Barry's statement with another group
The difference of your POV and mine is, that mine is emic, and yours is etic. I
think, that every group, decides themself, how they believe in what, and it is
the people themselves, who follow their interpretation of whatever scripture.
What they follow, and how they understand it, is up to
And it's just equally sad to use this sad incidence to flame againts religion
in general. It's just the worst generalization, and total lack of
discrimination, and no western government, neither the Dutch nor the American,
nor the French nor the German, would ever say it as you just said. You
