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→Globally: Memes of Richard Dawkins/atheism are falling. Memes of Jesus/creationism rising
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, 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>
Citing global Christian/atheist population data, academic journals, mainstream news sources, Google trends data, 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/globally-worldviews-of-atheism-and-non.html Globally the worldviews of atheism and non-religious (agnostic) are declining while global Christianity is exploding in adherents], Saturday, May 19, 2012
*[http://questionevolution.blogspot.com/2014/02/a-number-of-academic-journals-now.html A number of academic journals now indicate that global atheism/agnosticism is shrinking in influence and there is now a global resurgence of religion], Sunday, February 16, 2014
*[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
*[http://questionevolution.blogspot.com/2012/05/jesus-vs-richard-dawkins-and-pz-myers_28.html Round 2: Jesus vs. Evolution and PZ Myers and Richard Dawkins - Jesus triumphs again! Onward Christian soldiers!], Monday, May 28, 2012
*[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]]).