Comments on: New Atheist Symbol

By: the brother

the brother — Tue, 06 Nov 2007 18:07:46 +0000

I said this when I saw you writing your comment and I’ll say it again:

Mom, you watched Star Trek? Wow!

By: Mom

Mom — Tue, 06 Nov 2007 01:46:55 +0000

There was a Star Trek episode that addressed religion. In it, they visited a planet with Greek gods and architecture. One of the gods wanted Captain Kirk and his crew to pay him homage. Captain Kirk resisted by explaining that his people worshiped one God. Just because religion is not a central focus in the series does not mean that advanced civilizations abandoned it.

By: Dylan

Dylan — Mon, 29 Oct 2007 11:15:48 +0000

If I recall, the plus sign (+) is a medieval abbreviation for the Latin ‘et’, meaning ‘and.’

I guess if somebody used + and @ in the same phrase, he could really confuse people. Maybe ‘?’ could mean ‘agnostic.’

By: Dylan

Dylan — Mon, 29 Oct 2007 11:12:37 +0000

One more thing: I suggest you correct your spelling.
You have written “New athiest symbol”

Thanks for the correction! Of course, I could have been using the superlative form of the adjective ‘athy.’ In fact, I think this symbol is much athier than other symbols.

By: August Berkshire

August Berkshire — Sun, 28 Oct 2007 14:51:07 +0000

AAI convention attendees voted this as the atheist symbol they liked the best among the nominated symbols. Use of the symbol is entirely voluntary. It may or may not catch on. We shall see.

One could argue that the Christian cross symbol resembles the mathematics “plus” (+) symbol even more than this atheist symbol resembles the e-mail “at” (@) symbol.

By: August Berkshire

August Berkshire — Sun, 28 Oct 2007 14:39:29 +0000

I was on the AAI Symbol Committee that came up with the finalists. The symbol did remind me of the old Star Trek badge. However, I liked that, since the series was created by secular humanist Gene Roddenbury and it shows that advanced civilizations lack religion.

By: Carol Smith

Carol Smith — Sun, 28 Oct 2007 05:48:58 +0000

One more thing: I suggest you correct your spelling.

You have written “New athiest symbol”

By: Carol Smith

Carol Smith — Sun, 28 Oct 2007 05:43:57 +0000

Atheist Alliance International has done no such thing.

Attendees at the recent AAI convention participated in unofficial balloting. The symbol you depicted was the favorite, but it belongs to no group.

Anyone can wear it if they want.

Variations are available here
http://www.cafepress.com/shopformom

or at EvolveFish

PS: I think if you compare the symbol with @ on your keyboard, you will see quite a difference, aside from upper vs. lower case.

By: Oz Atheist

Oz Atheist — Sun, 28 Oct 2007 05:27:12 +0000

It also look like a mirror image of Chris Angel’s (Mindfreak) logo and the old star trek badge.