tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3381224391260954323.post1564410856138670288..comments2023-05-26T01:08:22.886-07:00Comments on The Religion Virus: Christian Rock and Roll: Memetic Evolution in ActionCraig A. Jameshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10569974341270668010noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3381224391260954323.post-73667697302754166912009-05-26T08:11:39.179-07:002009-05-26T08:11:39.179-07:00Ben, you're right that my reasoning is a bit uncle...Ben, you're right that my reasoning is a bit unclear. It may look like I'm suggesting that these two entities are competing directly against one another, and clearly they're not. This isn't like, for example, a church that splits in two over homosexuality, where the two churches are going head-to-head.<br /><br />Instead, I want to convey that in the overall memetic ecology, one of these memeplexes is far more likely to survive than the other. Mr England isn't even representing a church, but the general attitudes he espouses can be thought of as a fairly well-defined memeplex, one that actually spans a number of churches and is geographically widespread.<br /><br />On the other hand, the "Christian Rock" memeplex is actually part of a larger memeplex that advocates embracing what kids like and adapting Christianity to it, and, conversely, adapting the modern ideas, such as rock music, to be compatible with Christianity.<br /><br />In my judgement, the "Christian Rock memeplex" (for lack of a better term) is far more likely to survive the test of time.Craig A. Jameshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10569974341270668010noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3381224391260954323.post-79494727121895323392009-05-24T19:05:50.232-07:002009-05-24T19:05:50.232-07:00I would have to disagree with you, Ben. Let's assu...I would have to disagree with you, Ben. Let's assume those children stay in the same general area when they grow up. Some of those kids aren't going to have fond memories of that school and might put their kids into a different place. With each passing generation social practices (in America) tend to be liberal the further we go. At some point, these old fashioned hard core "moralists" schools will fall out of favor. It's just going to take a while.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3381224391260954323.post-17417545844473734232009-05-24T13:44:22.649-07:002009-05-24T13:44:22.649-07:00I have to completely disagree.
The normal meme ev...I have to completely disagree.<br /><br />The normal meme evolution rules don't apply here. Mr England is the principal of a private school, and the rules applied to the students under his control aren't there completely voluntarily. They are there because their parents want them there. And parents wanting to keep their children "pure" is clearly not a meme that is going away any time soon. <br /><br />You are treating this the same as adults picking between two churches, one that allows fun and music and one that doesn't. Even then, Christianity is all about making people feel guilty for their impure thoughts, and dependent on the Church for redemption, so even then a "no dancing" church would probably be around for a while.Benhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06412020647721400560noreply@blogger.com