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==Internet Meme==
==Internet Meme==
A subdivision of Memes, is the internet meme, referring to the spread of ideas across the [[Internet]]-based email, blogs, forums, Imageboards, social networking sites, instant messaging and video streaming sites such as YouTube. This term is criticised by memeticists, who feel that there is no real division between a meme, and an internet meme.
A subdivision of Memes, is the internet meme, referring to the spread of ideas across the [[Internet]]-based email, blogs, forums, Imageboards, social networking sites, instant messaging and video streaming sites such as YouTube. This term is criticised by memeticists, who feel that there is no real division between a meme, and an internet meme.
== Atheism and Richard Dawkins memes ==
On a worldwide basis, [[atheism]] is not a very robust meme and [[global atheism]] is shrinking. In the [[Western World]] due to immigration, the higher birth rates of religious people and other factors, the secularism and atheism memes are expected to decline.<ref>[http://www.sneps.net/RD/uploads/1-Shall%20the%20Religious%20Inherit%20the%20Earth.pdf Early paper - Shall the Religious Inherit the Earth?: Demography and Politics in the Twenty-First Century by Eric Kaufmann, Belfer Center, Harvard University/Birkbeck College, University of London]</ref><ref>[http://questionevolution.blogspot.com/2012/03/question-evolution-campaign-is-reaching.html Why are 2012 and 2020 key years for Christian creationists and pro-lifers?]</ref> Professor [[Eric Kaufmann]] writes: "Committed religious populations are growing in the West, and will reverse the march of secularism before 2050."<ref>[http://www.sneps.net/RD/uploads/1-Shall%20the%20Religious%20Inherit%20the%20Earth.pdf Early paper - Shall the Religious Inherit the Earth?: Demography and Politics in the Twenty-First Century by Eric Kaufmann, Belfer Center, Harvard University/Birkbeck College, University of London]</ref>
In addition, post [[Elevatorgate]], the Richard Dawkins meme has markedly diminished in both influence and frequency (see: [[Richard Dawkins' loss of influence]]). At the same time, the meme of [[young earth creationism]] is growing rapidly in terms of its global presence.<ref>[http://questionevolution.blogspot.com/2012/06/down-with-evolutionary-belief-down-with.html Global decline of atheism and the rise of global creationism. Information on the Question Evolution! Campaign]</ref>
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