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Mr_Christopher Posts: 1238 Joined: Jan. 2006 (Permalink) Posted: Mar. 06 2008,11:12    What is up with this "A" icon I see everywhere online?  Does it have some meaning other than being the first letter in the alphabet? -------------- Uncommon Descent is a moral cesspool, a festering intellectual ghetto that intoxicates and degrades its inhabitants - Stephen Matheson

RF Brady Posts: 30 Joined: June 2007 (Permalink) Posted: Mar. 06 2008,12:33    It's the dreaded Scarlet A. Only in this case it indicates that the wearer is an (gasp!!) Atheist. I believe this started with the Dawkins website and one can pick up several trinkets (lapel pins etc.) from there.

Mr_Christopher Posts: 1238 Joined: Jan. 2006 (Permalink) Posted: Mar. 06 2008,12:47    Doh, Thanks!  I just clicked on the A (from PZ's site) and now I get it. -------------- Uncommon Descent is a moral cesspool, a festering intellectual ghetto that intoxicates and degrades its inhabitants - Stephen Matheson

Venus Mousetrap Posts: 201 Joined: Aug. 2007 (Permalink) Posted: Mar. 06 2008,12:54    I can't believe you didn't know that, with your taste in atheism icons. For a fun twist on it, see Heddle's icon. :)

Bob O'H Posts: 2561 Joined: Oct. 2005 (Permalink) Posted: Mar. 06 2008,12:58    Yeah, I can only assume Heddle is showing that he's a mean atheist.  :-) (with apologies to the 99% of you who don't understand statistical notation) -------------- It is fun to dip into the various threads to watch cluelessness at work in the hands of the confident exponent. - Soapy Sam (so say we all)

Lou FCD Posts: 5452 Joined: Jan. 2006 (Permalink) Posted: Mar. 06 2008,13:06    I was kind of partial to this design (heh): But it never caught on. -------------- “Why do creationists have such a hard time with commas? Linky“. ~ Steve Story, Legend

Mr_Christopher Posts: 1238 Joined: Jan. 2006 (Permalink) Posted: Mar. 06 2008,13:14    I'm kind of pissed actually, here I am an atheist and I never got the note about the letter A! Obviously I'm being persecuted by religionists! -------------- Uncommon Descent is a moral cesspool, a festering intellectual ghetto that intoxicates and degrades its inhabitants - Stephen Matheson

Reciprocating Bill Posts: 4265 Joined: Oct. 2006 (Permalink) Posted: Mar. 06 2008,14:16    Quote (Lou FCD @ Mar. 06 2008,14:06) I was kind of partial to this design (heh): But it never caught on. Atheists with bosoms. I like it. -------------- Myth: Something that never was true, and always will be. "The truth will set you free. But not until it is finished with you." - David Foster Wallace "Here’s a clue. Snarky banalities are not a substitute for saying something intelligent. Write that down." - Barry Arrington

Assassinator Posts: 479 Joined: Nov. 2007 (Permalink) Posted: Mar. 06 2008,14:33    I thought this was our symbol: Looks evil doesn't it? Mad scientists all around!

Mister DNA Posts: 466 Joined: June 2007 (Permalink) Posted: Mar. 06 2008,17:23    Quote (Mr_Christopher @ Mar. 06 2008,11:12) What is up with this "A" icon I see everywhere online?  Does it have some meaning other than being the first letter in the alphabet? According to Slimy Sal, the "A" stands for "Anus". -------------- CBEB's: The Church Burnin' Ebola Blog Thank you, Dr. Dembski. You are without peer when it comes to The Argument Regarding Design. - vesf

Lou FCD Posts: 5452 Joined: Jan. 2006 (Permalink) Posted: Mar. 06 2008,17:32    Quote (Mister DNA @ Mar. 06 2008,18:23) Quote (Mr_Christopher @ Mar. 06 2008,11:12) What is up with this "A" icon I see everywhere online?  Does it have some meaning other than being the first letter in the alphabet? According to Slimy Sal, the "A" stands for "Anus". Unsurprising, as he seems to be oddly obsessed with them. -------------- “Why do creationists have such a hard time with commas? Linky“. ~ Steve Story, Legend

Richardthughes Posts: 11177 Joined: Jan. 2006 (Permalink) Posted: Mar. 06 2008,18:04    Quote (Mister DNA @ Mar. 06 2008,17:23) Quote (Mr_Christopher @ Mar. 06 2008,11:12) What is up with this "A" icon I see everywhere online?  Does it have some meaning other than being the first letter in the alphabet? According to Slimy Sal, the "A" stands for "Anus". Wow! Sals an atheist? -------------- "Richardthughes, you magnificent bastard, I stand in awe of you..." : Arden Chatfield "You magnificent bastard! " : Louis "ATBC poster child", "I have to agree with Rich.." : DaveTard "I bow to your superior skills" : deadman_932 "...it was Richardthughes making me lie in bed.." : Kristine

Shirley Knott Posts: 148 Joined: Feb. 2006 (Permalink) Posted: Mar. 07 2008,14:37    Quote (Richardthughes @ Mar. 06 2008,18:04) Quote (Mister DNA @ Mar. 06 2008,17:23)   Quote (Mr_Christopher @ Mar. 06 2008,11:12) What is up with this "A" icon I see everywhere online?  Does it have some meaning other than being the first letter in the alphabet? According to Slimy Sal, the "A" stands for "Anus". Wow! Sals an atheist? No, Sal is an anus. Well, not really, an anus expells waste and provides thereby a useful function. Sal expells waste but never runs out and has never provided a useful function in any form to any entity, concept, form, or being. no hugs for thugs, Shirley Knott

J-Dog Posts: 4402 Joined: Dec. 2006 (Permalink) Posted: Mar. 07 2008,15:47    Quote (Shirley Knott @ Mar. 07 2008,14:37) Quote (Richardthughes @ Mar. 06 2008,18:04)   Quote (Mister DNA @ Mar. 06 2008,17:23)   Quote (Mr_Christopher @ Mar. 06 2008,11:12) What is up with this "A" icon I see everywhere online?  Does it have some meaning other than being the first letter in the alphabet? According to Slimy Sal, the "A" stands for "Anus". Wow! Sals an atheist? No, Sal is an anus. Well, not really, an anus expells waste and provides thereby a useful function. Sal expells waste but never runs out and has never provided a useful function in any form to any entity, concept, form, or being. no hugs for thugs, Shirley Knott So, would be correct then to say that Sal "Aspires" to be an anus? (That way he could still proudly wear the "A".  Plus, Sal wearing the "A" would totally fit with the normal ID mode of pretending to be something you're not.  Perfect. -------------- Come on Tough Guy, do the little dance of ID impotence you do so well. - Louis to Joe G 2/10 Gullibility is not a virtue - Quidam on Dembski's belief in the Bible Code Faith Healers & ID 7/08 UD is an Unnatural Douchemagnet. - richardthughes 7/11

Annyday Posts: 583 Joined: Nov. 2007 (Permalink) Posted: Mar. 07 2008,16:38    Quote (Reciprocating Bill @ Mar. 06 2008,14:16) Quote (Lou FCD @ Mar. 06 2008,14:06) I was kind of partial to this design (heh): But it never caught on. Atheists with bosoms. I like it. I read that as bosons. However, I spent no more than a minute wondering how the symbol could be construed as a particle physics equation, so I'm probably safe. -------------- "ALL eight of the "nature" miracles of Jesus could have been accomplished via the electroweak quantum tunneling mechanism. For example, walking on water could be accomplished by directing a neutrino beam created just below Jesus' feet downward." - Frank Tipler, ISCID fellow

Tom Ames Posts: 238 Joined: Dec. 2002 (Permalink) Posted: Mar. 08 2008,23:56    Does Heddle's null-A have something to do with non-Aristotelianism? -------------- -Tom Ames

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