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Richard Dawkins coined the term and the concept of a [[meme]]. The Merriam-Webster dictionary defines a meme as "an idea, behavior or style that spreads from person to person within a culture."

Richard Dawkins coined the term and the concept of a [[meme]]. The Merriam-Webster dictionary defines a meme as "an idea, behavior or style that spreads from person to person within a culture."

Citing global Christian/atheist population data, Google trends data and data from Quantcast which directly measures the website traffic of Richard Dawkins website, a fan of the [[Question Evolution! Campaign pointed out that the memes of Richard Dawkins and atheism are falling in global market share.  On the other hand, the memes of Jesus and [[young earth creationism]] are seeing rapid growth in their number of adherents in the world and this trend is expected to accelerate in the 21st century.<ref>[http://questionevolution.blogspot.com/2012/09/the-richard-dawkins-meme-is-undergoing.html The memes of Richard Dawkins are weak and dying]</ref>  

Citing global Christian/atheist population data, Google trends data and data from Quantcast which directly measures the website traffic of Richard Dawkins website, a fan of the [[Question Evolution! Campaign pointed out that the memes of Richard Dawkins and atheism are falling in global market share.  On the other hand, the memes of Jesus and [[young earth creationism]] are seeing rapid growth in their number of adherents in the world and this trend is expected to accelerate in the 21st century.<ref>[http://questionevolution.blogspot.com/2012/09/the-richard-dawkins-meme-is-undergoing.html The memes of Richard Dawkins are weak and dying]</ref> See: [[Global atheism]] and [[Global Christianity]]

Although his following of Dawkian atheist has significantly waned post [[Elevatorgate]] and due to his generally [[Abrasiveness of Richard Dawkins|abrasive manner]], as noted above, he does retain a small cult following (See: [[Richard Dawkins' loss of influence]] [[Richard Dawkins' cult of personality]] and [[Atheist cults]]).  Dawkins was a leading figure in the [[New Atheism]] movement which was called a cult by the [[agnosticism|agnostic]], journalist Bryan Appleyard in a 2012 article in the ''New Statesman'' in which he describes the abusive behavior of New Atheists.<ref>[http://www.newstatesman.com/religion/2012/02/neo-atheism-atheists-dawkins ''The God wars'' by Bryan Appleyard], ''New Statesman''</ref> The Dawkian atheists have been able to to retain Richard Dawkins being labeled as an atheist in his [[Wikipedia]] article despite Dawkins repeatedly and adamantly declaring that he is an [[agnosticism|agnostic]] and/or flip-flopping his public persona between atheism and agnosticism (See: [[Richard Dawkins and agnosticism]]).  

Although his following of Dawkian atheist has significantly waned post [[Elevatorgate]] and due to his generally [[Abrasiveness of Richard Dawkins|abrasive manner]], as noted above, he does retain a small cult following (See: [[Richard Dawkins' loss of influence]] [[Richard Dawkins' cult of personality]] and [[Atheist cults]]).   

 

Dawkins is a leading figure in the [[New Atheism]] movement which was called a cult by the [[agnosticism|agnostic]], journalist Bryan Appleyard in a 2012 article in the ''New Statesman'' in which he describes the abusive behavior of New Atheists.<ref>[http://www.newstatesman.com/religion/2012/02/neo-atheism-atheists-dawkins ''The God wars'' by Bryan Appleyard], ''New Statesman''</ref> The Dawkian atheists have been able to to retain Richard Dawkins being labeled as an atheist in his [[Wikipedia]] article despite Dawkins repeatedly and adamantly declaring that he is an [[agnosticism|agnostic]] and/or flip-flopping his public persona between atheism and agnosticism (See: [[Richard Dawkins and agnosticism]]).  

For more information please see: [[Global atheism|Decline of global atheism]]

For more information please see: [[Global atheism|Decline of global atheism]]