More like a fiction tale that people take seriously. But also, maybe a meme in the original meaning of the word, before it became funny internet pictures
A religion is just a meme that people take seriously.
Submitted 10 months ago by loaExMachina@sh.itjust.works to showerthoughts@lemmy.world
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rockerface@lemm.ee 10 months ago
loaExMachina@sh.itjust.works 10 months ago
I had both Dawkin’s definition and internet memes in mind as I wrote this, since I don’t think they’re so different in the end. A meme (even in the modern sense) doesn’t have to be a funny image: In can be a practice, like rickrolling; a text like copypastas, a story -true or fictional, like “operation baja-blast” or creepypastas. Some combine several of these things, like the meme “loss.jpg” contains the comic’s story, it’s pannels, and the behaviour of hiding the loss symbol or finding it. All of these things are also what religions are made off!
TheQuietCroc@lemmy.world 10 months ago
Internet memes are Dawkins memes, you don’t have to think they’re not different when that’s the case.
perviouslyiner@lemm.ee 10 months ago
Peas be upon him.
TropicalDingdong@lemmy.world 10 months ago
Bro so is lemmygrad.
whataboutshutup@discuss.online 10 months ago
A state-provided headcanon of a fanfiction?
Pandantic@lemmy.world 10 months ago
Religious sects are just factions with differing headcannons about their religious text’s characters.
InverseParallax@lemmy.world 10 months ago
You’ve gotta read Hindu mythology.
Literally just a bunch of village priests trying to out Marvel Hero each other on power levels.
Things… may have gotten a bit out of hand…
intensely_human@lemm.ee 10 months ago
religion isn’t state-provided lol
swab148@startrek.website 3 months ago
Depends on where you live tbh
Gradually_Adjusting@lemmy.world 10 months ago
In the original Dawkins sense of the word, this is explicitly so. Strictly speaking, memes are just ideas that use us to replicate. A worldview is an idea. Pogrom ergo sum, so to speak.
DiggyDiggyMole@lemmy.world 10 months ago
There is a neat video from CGP Grey that discusses the infectious transmission of thoughts: Achoo!
Lauchs@lemmy.world 10 months ago
I thought so, wasn’t sure, was about to double check and then figured some wise soul in the comments would know. And here we are.
First time I ever encountered the word meme was in regards to religion.
intensely_human@lemm.ee 10 months ago
In the original Dawkins sense, it’s a memeplex.
Gradually_Adjusting@lemmy.world 10 months ago
nice one