tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1905686568472747305.post2382646984435841336..comments2024-03-22T06:22:08.010+00:00Comments on Stephen Law: THE GOD VIRUS? - PROF. KEITH WARDStephen Lawhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02167317543994731177noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1905686568472747305.post-46665031072123190922010-11-12T18:29:44.175+00:002010-11-12T18:29:44.175+00:00I disagree with your statement that it's wrong...I disagree with your statement that it's wrong to compare physical with non-physical, you CAN compare them. However I think it's not necessarily the God concept which is the virus but the religion.<br /><br />Besides, the term "God" is so nebulous, to someone "God" is a being, to you it's a state of mind. So which is it?<br /><br />Just a general question, is Keith Ward a Christian/religious person or is he a deist?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1905686568472747305.post-34059428283787511452010-11-05T00:49:18.319+00:002010-11-05T00:49:18.319+00:00I've read and enjoyed quite a few of Dawkins&#...I've read and enjoyed quite a few of Dawkins' popular science books, but I cannot read <a href="http://cscs.umich.edu/~crshalizi/Dawkins/viruses-of-the-mind.html" rel="nofollow">Viruses of the Mind</a> for cringing. It's just wrong to compare a physical entity such a viral infection to a non-physical thing which is a state of mind. By this I mean you can inspect the tissue of a living being and definitively say you have this or that virus, but you will never be able to say the same of a "virus of the mind".<br /><br />I wonder if after 19 years Dawkins still promotes his parable, or whether it has rightly been demoted to the seemed like a good idea at the time pile.Martinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08240399669150057121noreply@blogger.com