(October 29, 2015 at 12:26 pm)TrueChristian Wrote: Anyway, back to my main point. What are atheists view of Missionary activity?
Can't speak for everyone else but I see them as going out and spreading their infection. I see religious belief as a parasitic meme that takes over the host's mind and changes its behaviour to spread to other potential hosts.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meme
Quote:A meme (/ˈmiːm/ meem)[1] is "an idea, behavior, or style that spreads from person to person within a culture".[2] A meme acts as a unit for carrying cultural ideas, symbols, or practices that can be transmitted from one mind to another through writing, speech, gestures, rituals, or other imitable phenomena with a mimicked theme. Supporters of the concept regard memes as cultural analogues to genes in that they self-replicate, mutate, and respond to selective pressures.[3]
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Behavior-a...arasitoids
Quote:Some parasites and parasitoids cause changes in the behavior of their hosts by directly affecting the hosts' decision-making and behavior control mechanisms. The acquired or modified behaviors assist in parasite transmission, and often result in the host's demise.