''Four horsemen of the anti-apocalypse''

[The Hen]

Was that a winky there?

Gosh, I do believe it was.

[thestoat]

Well spotted Hen . Lo - look very carefully

[oldr_n_wsr]

What symbol of its own does the atheist faith use, then?

I would think that the one of the athiest "persuasion" would not have a symbol. Symbols seem to be created by believers to give a physical representation of the diety they believe in.

[Scooter]

Or, in Christianity's case, the instrument used to torture and kill that deity. If Jesus had been executed in our time, Christians would be wandering around with little electric chairs hanging from their necks.

[oldr_n_wsr]

Christians would be wandering around with little electric chairs hanging from their necks.

Now that's an image.

[loCAtek]

What symbol of its own does the atheist faith use, then?

I would think that the one of the athiest "persuasion" would not have a symbol. Symbols seem to be created by believers to give a physical representation of the diety they believe in.

Not exactly, symbols are used by any organization or individual to identify themselves; that's why we have icons and avatars. Oops, you don't have an avatar...

Well, it's like this smiley face => is the symbol for 'happy'

And this donkey is the symbol for 'democrat'.


This symbol used earliest by Christians was the Ichthys, , sometimes without the letters. 'Crossing oneself' or making the sign of the cross, was done not as a reference to the method of Jesus' execution, but to invoke the Trinity 'The father, son and holy ghost'. After two centuries, it was associated with the crucifixion. Some Christians, like the Jehovah Witnesses and Mormons chose not to use the cross symbol to represent themselves.

So, there could be an Atheist symbol, any reason why there isn't?

[Sean]

'Crossing oneself' or making the sign of the cross, was done not as a reference to the method of Jesus' execution, but to invoke the Trinity 'The father, son and holy ghost'. After two centuries, it was associated with the crucifixion.

Not true. The sign of the cross is purely a reference to the crucifixion. The invocation of the Trinity is done by making the sign of the cross with one thumb on the forehead, lips and then breast.

[Scooter]

It would be rather difficult to demonstrate how something cross-shaped could be seen to represent a trinity. I could see a two (the vertical beam and the horizontal) or a four (each arm extending out from the intersection), but a three...?

[Gob]

Spectacles, testicles, wallet, watch.

[dales]

It would be rather difficult to demonstrate how something cross-shaped could be seen to represent a trinity. I could see a two (the vertical beam and the horizontal) or a four (each arm extending out from the intersection), but a three...?

Carl Jung positied his quadrinity theory...

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