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Biological classification uses taxonomic ranks, including among others (in order from most inclusive to least inclusive): Domain, Kingdom, Phylum, Class, Order, Family, Genus, Species, and Strain.

Dawkins's own position is somewhat ambiguous. He welcomed N. K. Humphrey's suggestion that "memes should be considered as living structures, not just metaphorically"[12] and proposed to regard memes as "physically residing in the brain."[13] Although Dawkins said his original intentions had been simpler, he approved Humphrey's opinion and he endorsed Susan Blackmore's 1999 project to give a scientific theory of memes, complete with predictions and empirical support.

After viewing this info about Richard Dawkins meme, I wondered, If this meme could be verfied as an organism unto itself, what could or would(or not) its taxonomy be? Or, has it been already classified with a biological classification? Symbiotic versions and/or parasite versions? As single cells evolve into more complex organisms, could memes evolve or develop into more complex cognitive organisms? Psychology of a meme organism? Could or is mental disorders viewed with possibility of a mind organism causing various stages or differences of meme organism capabilities cause bipolar, schizophrenia, voices, multiple memes for multiple personality disorders?

Because of biblical accounts having supernatural associations and connotations, the biblical theme that a meme evolved into a person, I do not think illogical atheist would appreciate "God" as being used. As in "kingdom of God" with subcategories of various phylum, classes orders, families, genus, species and strands types of mind organisms.

John 1:1 ...logos(thought, word, speach, reason) was with God and was God. John 1:14 ... logos become flesh(a person).

1 Corinthians 2:16 for, "Who has known the mind of the Lord so as to instruct him?" But we have the mind of Christ

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Dawkins alway said that the meme theory was mainly a metaphor, not to be taken too literally. But that they should all be considered as mainly parasites, though many are beneficial parasites of course.

However, certainly a sort of classification does already exist, since we see memes as parts of subcultures, and subcultures as parts of cultures, so that there is a nesting rank based classification by default already there. Cultures certainly are parasites too, and certainly can cause mental illness, that is observable. But that is where the idea of classification breaks down a little, since memes are a part of a culture, and a culture depends on its memes to live, more like cells within a body than individuals within a species.

Yet it does explain neatly, why science and philosophy, are by nature, forced to be anti-cultural, since it is their function to provide the only treatments we have against culture, otherwise known as received folly, and the illnesses caused by that.

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Still preaching then ?

I am not preaching anything. I am taking into consideration things of modern scientific understanding and looking to see how it applies to what the biblical text is saying.

It would appear the biblical writers were dealing with a mind organism that had high intelligence and cognitive capabilities.

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