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Index
1. Why is Religion Like an Elephant's DNA?
Abraham's God
The Replicating Chicken Meme
Xeroxing Information
The Expensive Carpool Lane
A Meme by Any Other Name
Three Sources of Knowledge
Our Path
A Bit About Evolution
Interlude: Grandpa and the Sunset
2. Religion's Infancy
The General-Purpose God Meme
The Monotheism Meme
The Intolerance Meme
The Globalization Meme
The Abstract-God Meme
The Godly-Origin-of-Morals Meme
The Kindness Meme
The Asexual Meme
The Synergy of the Eight Memes
Interlude: The Big V
3. Evolution and Memes
When Does Information Become a Meme?
Reproduction
Survival of the Fittest
Mutation
Wrestling with God
Overpopulation
The Ideosphere and Niches
Memeplexes
Religion as Memes
The Danger of the Metaphor
An Example: Was Joseph Jesus' Father or Not?
Summary: Evolution and Memes
Interlude: The Southern Baptists
4. Religion Grows Up
Reprise: Abraham to Jesus
The Intolerance Meme Grows Up
St. Paul expands the Globalization Meme
The Guilt Meme
The Heaven and Hell Memes
The Proselytism Meme
The Armageddon Meme
Synergy: Guilt, Heaven, Hell, and Monotheism
Interlude: Billy the Racist
5. Why Do Humans Talk?
Is Language Adaptive or Accidental?
Evolution is Slow
The Speedy Alternative
Intentional Memes
Bad Memes Aren't Fatal
High-Bandwidth Evolution
Meme Stability
Memes: One of Evolution's "Good Tricks"
Interlude: A Prayer
6. Religion's Immunity System
The Anti-Rationalism Meme
The Ignorance-Is-Bliss Meme
The Inerrancy Meme
The Martyrdom Meme
The Underdog Meme
The One-Nation-Under-God Meme
The Synergy of the Immunity Memes
Interlude: This Book
7. Why is Religion So Appealing?
Dogs and Cuckoo Birds
What is a Parasite?
What is Natural Selection?
Why Is Religion So Appealing?
Why Start so Young?
Interlude: A Cough that can Kill
8. The Atheist's Paradox
The Paradox
The Tragedy of the Commons
Parasites, Hitchhikers, and Symbiotes
Alien Invaders
Sickle-Cell Anemia – Taking the Good with the Bad
The Solution to The Atheist's Paradox
Interlude: Shakespeare, Genesis and the Big Bang
9. Religion, Technology and Government
Cargo Cults
Religion and Military Technology
Guns, Germs and Steel
The Synergy of Religion, Technology and Government
Interlude: Aunt Carolyn's Un-Baptism
10. Closing Sermon
Reprise: Where We've Been
Where are we Going?
Acknowledgements
Bibliography
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