God exists, if only in the form of a meme with high survival value, or…

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God exists, if only in the form of a meme with high survival value, or infective power, in the environment provided by human culture. ✨ Richard Dawkins (1989). The Selfish Gene, p.193, Oxford University Press, USA
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