{"id":1782,"date":"2009-12-31T17:41:00","date_gmt":"2009-12-31T17:41:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/religionprof\/2009\/12\/were-all-1-meme\/"},"modified":"2009-12-31T17:41:00","modified_gmt":"2009-12-31T17:41:00","slug":"were-all-1-meme","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/religionprof\/2009\/12\/were-all-1-meme.html","title":{"rendered":"We&#8217;re All #1 Meme"},"content":{"rendered":"<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\">\n<html><head><meta http-equiv=\"content-type\" content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\"><meta http-equiv=\"content-type\" content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\"><\/head><body><p>To end the\u00a0old year\/begin the new year right, I thought I\u2019d provide\u00a0a fun antidote (or at least supplement)\u00a0to the atheist\/Christian biblioblog rankings kerfuffle. Different systems assess different things and rank differently, which could potentially lead to arguments over who is <em>really<\/em> ranked this way or that. On the other hand, we\u2019re <em>all<\/em> good at <em>something<\/em>. And so I thought I\u2019d try to start a meme that gives bloggers an opportunity to say what they rank #1 in. For me, I am the top result if you <a href=\"http:\/\/www.google.com\/search?hl=en&amp;source=hp&amp;q=corpulent+pachyderms&amp;aq=f&amp;oq=&amp;aqi=\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">search on Google for the keywords <strong>corpulent pachyderms<\/strong><\/a> (no quotation marks needed).<\/p>\n<p>What search brings you up in first place? The rules of the meme\u00a0are (1) no quotation marks, (2) the search term cannot include your name or the name of your blog.<\/p>\n<p>I tag <a href=\"http:\/\/jwest.wordpress.com\/\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Jim West<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/debunkingchristianity.blogspot.com\/\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">John Loftus<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/thechurchofjesuschrist.us\/\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Joel Watts<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/drjimsthinkingshop.com\/\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Jim Linville<\/a> (maintaining my status as Switzerland between the currently-disputing biblioblogging nations). But even if I didn\u2019t tag you, you\u2019re welcome to join in the fun!<\/p>\n<div class=\"blogger-post-footer\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\" src=\"https:\/\/blogger.googleusercontent.com\/tracker\/7622297540113836091-1197460507751297603?l=exploringourmatrix.blogspot.com\" alt=\"\"><\/div>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>To end the\u00a0old year\/begin the new year right, I thought I\u2019d provide\u00a0a fun antidote (or at least supplement)\u00a0to the atheist\/Christian biblioblog rankings kerfuffle. Different systems assess different things and rank differently, which could potentially lead to arguments over who is really ranked this way or that. On the other hand, we\u2019re all good at something. 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