Okay, well there aren’t 181 reasons; it just sounded funny to me. I can probably think of a few reasons I don’t like Richard Dawkins’ “A”, but this is just one. So many companies and people use a similar A for the logo, including Criss Angel.
These are my jeans that have this fancy A on both pockets (the other side is flipped).
I don’t like having a symbol. I dabbled in the idea that maybe it was good but I have come to the conclusion that we don’t need no stinkin’ symbol! We don’t need any type of symbol to declare non-belief. I’m not fully against a symbol, but I don’t think its necessary. I don’t care for anything that denotes a religion.
I don’t like the scarlet “A” for one reason and the “A”, in general, for a few. Other than the scarlet letter A is already taken, is signified an immoral act. While we are trying to emphasis our morality (at least in cases when accused of being immoral), I don’t like something that draws attention to an immoral act. I have heard sound arguments against this concerning our need to embrace what someone else doesn’t agree with or understand. In that case, I still don’t like the A for other reasons.
It says nothing. It means nothing. It’s just an A. Just a dainty cursive flowing A. I would think an atheist A would be a bolder block letter. Or even the word “atheist” below it to signify that one are proud to be an atheist. But just an A says “A” not “Atheist”.
My last reason is that it is basically Richard Dawkins’ branding. I was emailed by someone a when I first began my Coming Out Godless project, asking me to put the “A” on the blog without directly asking me. I thought he was just informing me of Dawkins’ Out Campaign. I had posted previously posted about the campaign which is how I came to the idea of coming out stories, godless style. The A t-shirts has Dawkins’ web address right below. It almost makes it seem that we atheists think of him as our god and follow the Church of Dawkins. I don’t like his symbol, nor do I think any atheist symbol (if there were one) should have his website address below it. I’m proud to be an atheist, but I’m not proud to be a corporate shill.
