| | 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, academic journals, mainstream news sources, 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, but 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 ( See: [[Global atheism]] and [[Global Christianity]]).<ref>[http://questionevolution.blogspot.com/2012/05/jesus-vs-richard-dawkins-and-pz-myers.html Jesus vs. Richard Dawkins and PZ Myers - Jesus wins!], Saturday, May 19, 2012</ref><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, academic journals, mainstream news sources, Google trends data, and data from Quantcast which directly measures the website traffic of Richard Dawkins' website and other data, a fan of the [[Question Evolution! Campaign]] pointed out that the memes of Richard Dawkins and atheism are falling in global market share, but 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 ( See: [[Global atheism]] and [[Global Christianity]]).<ref>[http://questionevolution.blogspot.com/2012/05/jesus-vs-richard-dawkins-and-pz-myers.html Jesus vs. Richard Dawkins and PZ Myers - Jesus wins!], Saturday, May 19, 2012</ref><ref>[http://questionevolution.blogspot.com/2012/09/the-richard-dawkins-meme-is-undergoing.html The memes of Richard Dawkins are weak and dying]</ref> |
| | 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]]). | | 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]]). |