[onedoug]

From Wiki...it was coined by the British evolutionary biologist Richard Dawkins in The Selfish Gene (1976)[1][5] as a concept for discussion of evolutionary principles in explaining the spread of ideas and cultural phenomena.

As to the second part that ¨I don´t recognize words invented by atheists,¨ that seems quite clear. Especially ¨pop¨ atheists.

[HiTech RedNeck]

So does it fail to have a dictionary meaning today that can be agreed upon or require an assumption of a worldview that excludes God?

Atheists invented the modern playing card deck, yet do you get all verklempt with holy righteousness when someone talks about having an ace up his sleeve or playing a wild card?

Talk about straining out gnats and swallowing camels. Memes are good when they are blessed by God, bad when they are abused by Satan. There is little in existing language to correspond to the term. “Idealet”? “Concept-bite”?