NODE 253bc562Re: Net and Terrorism.
"Joseph M. Reagle Jr." <reagle@rpcp.mit.edu>Sat, 6 Jul 1996 01:57:32 +0800
At 05:43 PM 7/4/96 -0700, Timothy C. May wrote:
>Anyway, I should point out that Mormons (or Latter Day Saints, I guess) are
>spreading quickly around the world...all WITHOUT using "conversion by the
>sword," as some other well-known religions are wont to do.
Perhaps you've read this before (or it's even been mentioned here
before) but an excellent book exists that discusses some of the points you
touch upon (suicide, martyrs, religion (meme) propagation). See Bloom, "The
Lucifer Principle."
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