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Old 06-22-2007, 02:56 PM   #53 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by sapiens
I have never liked the Darwin fish. First, Darwin or more appropriately, a recognition of biological evolution, might often co-occur with an atheist position, but it is not equal to the atheist position. Second, the Darwin fish seems negative to me. It pokes fun at the Jesus fish. Is it necessary to make fun of a Christian symbol to assert an atheist position? Why a Christian symbol? Why not something positive?
What's more, Darwin was agnostic, not atheist.
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