The geminating idea is: Dawkins is just wrong. He used to go around constantly dunking on TRADITIONAL religion about how it was a virus, and he was just… wrong.
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Tiny fast evolving things (like cults) are sources of novelty, and larger slower things (like 1000 year old civilizations with old co-evolved religions) must tame them, or be devoured. Novel horizontal culture is often pretty bad.
Is it maybe that Dawkins is not just wrong with his idea that religion is the virus. But that his preaching of rational atheism is the Virus. Looking at the birthrates of the atheist part of the society it seems like the virus is killing its host.
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Is it maybe that Dawkins is not just wrong with his idea that religion is the virus. But that his preaching of rational atheism is the Virus. Looking at the birthrates of the atheist part of the society it seems like the virus is killing its host.
Mod note: This comment mostly feels like it’s attacking some outgroup without really making any concrete arguments, and mostly using hyperbole and vague reasoning by association. We try to avoid that kind of discussion here.
This kind of response to my post is part of how that virus works. It’s ok to claim religion is a virus. But it’s not ok to claim atheism is a virus.
Im not trying to attack anyone here.
Thats just my observation.