Hello,

As a proud atheist of 3 years, I have always wondered, as I'm sure others have, about a symbol. Of course, it is argued over and over again that atheism is the absence of belief, therefore no symbol is necessary. But I have always wanted sort of a symbol to wear or put on my car proudly as Christians have the cross, and the jesus fish and such.

Suggestions for atheist symbols often revolve around other religious symbols, like the "Darwin Fish", or a crucifix with a red line through it. But that's not what we're about. Our symbol should have nothing to do with any religion or philosophy. We simply lack a belief in any deity - atheism is not necessarily anti-anything.

I read up on it and I found the best symbol to use. It is basically a ring, with words that make up the ring. It is basically a ring of words that describe the person and their non beliefs. A ring is so great:

1. It is simple
2. It is whole
3. It is unbroken
4. It is obvious
5. It is all encompassing
6. It is strong

Anyway, I saw it, and I am now going to get a tattoo of it in the center of my shoulder blades. Lemme know what you other agnostic folk think of it! Spread the symbol!

[url]http://www.abarnett.demon.co.uk/atheism/symbol.html[/url]

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You know what this circle reminds me of?

"I'll take Jim J Bullock for the block."

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CIRCLE TAKES SQUARE.

To each his own.

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ok, whatever u want. having a tattoo of just a circle on ur back doesn't sound like the greatest idea, but whatever floats your boat.

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You use athiest and agnostic interchangably. Which are you? I think I read on that website that the symbol is athiest.

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I still BRAKE for Kraken.

I still vote for the MC Hammer.

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I still BRAKE for Kraken.

[QUOTE][i]Originally posted by Diesel [/i]
[B]I still vote for the MC Hammer. [/B][/QUOTE]
Space Shuttle LOLumbia Disaster!

Also, I wouldn't get a tattoo of it, as there is a strong chance your religious views will change within a decade or two. Of course, if you did get it and you decided you do believe in a god after all, you could always change it to the 'male' symbol.

Actually a ring can be twisted into a symbol for pretty much anything in the world, so its probably not the best.

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Yeah, in the 90's gay men would identify each other at beaches by a black 'O' on their backs.

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"It's just gonna be goin' on...like Donkey Kong...144,000 strong."
I still BRAKE for Kraken.

I was actually talking about getting the circle of words one, underneath it....not the plain black ring, as a tattoo.

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[QUOTE][i]Originally posted by Diesel [/i]
[B]Yeah, in the 90's gay men would identify each other at beaches by a black 'O' on their backs. [/B][/QUOTE]
No wonder I would get hit on every time I took my shirt off.

But seriously slip, I don't know why you need to find a symbol for atheism. I guess I just don't see what the point would be. How about a sqaure of transparent material... that's a pretty good manifestation of "nothin."

Slipknot... poor misguided slipknot...

You should realize that having a symbol for atheism would be hypocritical, since it would create an absolute iconism, which is the exact opposite of atheism/nihlism...

There is already a symbol for atheists.
You can visit this site that offers all sorts of atheist stuff as well as symbols to purchace. Here is the story behind the symbol..go to
Atheist.org for more info...hope this helps.


An international symbol for Atheism has long been needed. When American Atheists was formed in 1963, a contemporary scientific symbol was chosen; this acknowledges that only through the use of scientific analysis and free, open inquiry can humankind reach out for a better life.
Recognizing the new atomic era, but also emphasizing the truths of older scientific findings, the atomic whirl was chosen. The atom is still a distinguishing unit of all matter, the smallest particle of an element that can exist and still retain the properties of that element.

You may notice that one of the orbital in our symbol is broken, or open-ended. This demonstrates that while Atheists rely on the scientific method for learning about the cosmos and increasing our knowledge about nature, we know that "not all of the answers are in." We recognize that with new knowledge come new questions and areas for human inquiry and exploration.

That open orbital forms an "A" to represent Atheism. The small letter in the center represents of the first letter of the country in which an affiliated group is located. In our case, the "A" signifies American, and the symbol thus represents American Atheists.

Too bad you apparently missed my previous post...

As any true athiest will tell you (note that this doesn't necessarily mean belonging to a club), such absolute iconism would go completely against athiesm.