One of the popular signifiers of Christianity has been the ΙΧΘΥΣ symbol, which has been standardized for use on the rear bumpers of devoutly Christian drivers everywhere, sometimes with the Greek written on the belly as can be seen below on the left. In response, some secularists produced the image on the right showing a fish with legs and DARWIN written on its body as can be seen below on the right. Since then there have been an explosion of competing bumper logos symbolizing the ideological combat of Darwinians and Christian Creationists made on both sides.
In a similar vein, Glaivester (hat tip: Eugenicist) has made a parody of the equal sign:
While I like the concept, I think that the execution needs some improvement in two areas. The first is that in the inequality sign (≠), the slash runs in the opposite direction. The second is that, though Glaivester’s version seems to be a parody on the logo of the Human Rights Campaign, the formost LGBT* lobbying organization in the United States, it is quite a bit more elongated than the original logo. As such, using the original logo as a template (the blue background version, on the left), I’ve made my own version of the Galton Inequality, as shown on the left.
I’ve also created a Logos page where I have some variations on the graphic for those who would prefer a different color combination. Feel free to use and distribute these logos as you see fit.
*Lesbian-Gay-Bisexual-Transgender, for those uninitiated in gender politics
“It is amazing how much can be accomplished if no one cares who gets the credit.”
-John Wooden
You have my blessing to use this. Good going.
I really like these. Thanks to both of you!🙂
Apologies for my writing. I am a foreigner and I write on a tablet.
As a Christian, I would prefer atheists coming up with a symbol of their own invention whose design aimed to convey how positive is to be atheist and how much happy they are to embrace atheism.
Instead of this, they only are able to make a parody of one of the most ancient Christian symbols – the fish – revealing that they are more anti-Christianity than pro-atheism, not to mention lack of imagination and resentment. When you have to mock symbols of other worldviews instead of affirming your own symbols and your own worldview in a positive way, this reveals an insecurity about your own position.
This is not a commentary about the author’s blog but about atheists in general. Thank you for letting me contribute. Peace
I don’t get this Galston equal sign thing at all. I would love to have something to post on FB to tweak all “We who hate haters” idiocy, but this doesn’t convey anything I can tell. And I don’t want to have to explain my tweaking.
True enough. Galton’s work doesn’t address the ideology of equal rights as much as it does the ideology of equality of ability, so while I did use the HRC’s logo, I didn’t anticipate it as a response to the later HRC campaign for same sex marriage, and it doesn’t really work well as such a response.
I recently printed some of these off as bumper stickers, so requests can be left in a comment or sent to the email below:
