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[Green1]

Not fighting. And, I agree about the printing press helping spread ideas. It also helped spread religion, too. The most copied book in existence is not a textbook, but Bibles.

It is just the symbol needs to be recognizable compared to how it is seen in the real world.

Here's a famous monument that has a variant on

Details atheist monument

atheist monument

[Buster's Uncle]

I like the idea of including the book a lot more than going for mainstream recognition.  Y'all's call, though.

[Green1]

Not sure, BU. Something is just off about the image. Maybe it is the color or size. But if you don't look at it right it almost looks like a pentacle.

[Buster's Uncle]

It could have reduced better.  Find me a much smaller version, and that might help.

This is turning into a lot of hoops to jump to do something I didn't want to...

[Green1]

It could have reduced better.  Find me a much smaller version, and that might help.

This is turning into a lot of hoops to jump to do something I didn't want to...

May take me a minute. But, there is no rush. It is not like it HAS to be done. lol!

[Buster's Uncle]

He who fights too long against dragons becomes a dragon himself; and if you gaze too long into the abyss, the abyss will gaze into you.

[Green1]

He who fights too long against dragons becomes a dragon himself; and if you gaze too long into the abyss, the abyss will gaze into you.

True.

And, that symbol has baggage too. It is used by atheist meetup.com groups. The whole, "Hey, I am in a new city/recently divorced/needing to rebuild social life. Hey, look! fellow atheists!" kind of deal. It is kind of a religious symbol and marketing logo for membership attendance.

It may be more popular to do the FSM symbol, thinking about it. Then you get into The Invisible Pink Unicorn, which predates the Flying Spaghetti Monster. Then again, with IPU, who wants to be called a bronie? LOL! Then there is Bob or Eris... but that gets silly.

Or... maybe none. That's the problem with symbols. They are the "key to telepathy" and some mind control for an agenda of groups.

Not sure where to go with it, to be honest, given more thought.

[Buster's Uncle]

Yes.

I'm just not sure any symbol is appropriate, and if one is, we might ought to make our own...

[Unorthodox]

But if you don't look at it right it almost looks like a pentacle.

Heptagram, I could buy.  Pentacle, not so much. 

A heptagram for the otherkin would be interesting, come to think of it.  (tongue in cheek BU...don't)

[Buster's Uncle]

I'm trying very hard to abide by my own rules.

...It's only a matter of time before someone takes offense to the Disney religion Item I created for Rusty...

[Buster's Uncle]

Okay, also: there's a furry religion?

Oh. My. Fox-tailed. God.

[Valka]

I'm trying very hard to abide by my own rules.

...It's only a matter of time before someone takes offense to the Disney religion Item I created for Rusty...

I don't object to the Mickey Mouse image, but I've seen the movie The Mouse That Roared and it has nothing at all to do with Disney.

I have to say that the symbol does look uncomfortably like a pentagram of some kind.

Thing is, atheists aren't as cohesive a category of people as others think. I've explained about my personal preference for an entwining of science and literacy, while others prefer the "Darwin fish" and still others like the "scarlet A".

Hmm... a Google image search turns up this one, that is very nice:

[Green1]

Or, the "@" could be from a gardener that played too many ASCII roguelikes...... lol!

[Valka]

There are other similar styles, but I thought this one would be nice to use here.

[vonbach]

Ugh. Atheists. Theres a religious group that gets old fast.