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Permalink Reply by Frank Hamilton on May 12, 2010 at 10:51am

The empathy system as you describe it is built in to our DNA for the most part. There are aberrations of course. Fear of punishment is not the best way to help behavior. This is the province of
religious authoritarianism and ultimately will fail. There are no normal social pressures, only different ones administered by various social agendas.

Permalink Reply by Frank Hamilton on May 11, 2010 at 4:12pm

I like this. It keeps it from mentioning a god and gives Think Atheist a good image publicly.

Always, the danger is being too provocative and then the message becomes obscured by
reactionary anger.

But Good Deeds Make Sense-Think Atheist is acceptable to those who would disagree with it
and bring the point across.

Good work, Michel

Permalink Reply by Frank Hamilton on May 12, 2010 at 10:03am

That would show the general public that those who think like that are totally delusional.
People really don't understand what atheism is. If they realize that
atheists are humanists or humanitarians, this changes their picture.
Right now, they think atheists are Josef Stalin (who was not a real atheist). I don't think
Ayn Rand was a legitimate atheist either. (She was a cultist and not a freethinker.)

Atheism by definition conjures a negative image by the use of the term non-believer.
I like freethinker better because it has a positive connotation. (If connotation is the right word). As freethinkers, we have to get beyond the provocation and confrontation
to help people understand that we care about humanity, the environment, making the
world a better place by freeing ourselves from the shackles of dogma and moribund
institutions. We can't just be the bad little kids flipping the bird to the authoritarian
parents. Freedom from religion is a positive agenda.

Permalink Reply by Rhiannon Smith on July 29, 2010 at 7:49pm

My version. Probably not exactly what you were picturing but i think the brightness and simplicity adds.

Thoughts?

Permalink Reply by Frank Hamilton on August 3, 2010 at 1:37pm

I love it! It's simple without being simplistic, it's tasteful and the idea of people holding hands in support is unique to our vision. Good work!