(January 14, 2012 at 3:54 pm)aleialoura Wrote: Mine was made by Cinjin. Hypatia, to me, represents what Christianity succeeded in destroying for so long, and what many Christians still seek to destroy- understanding.

And to stifle an individuals abilities whether they be male or female.

* Still angry of the loss of the Alexandria Library... (yeah I know, but it is the only real grudge I have)

I thought mine was appropriate given the amount of times I've seen theists call atheists closed minded - it boggles the brain!


Plus, I love Derren Brown almost as much as I love Mike

Mine is awesome cos

A/ it has my bike in it and

B/ it has sparkly bits

(January 15, 2012 at 6:04 am)Zen Badger Wrote:

Your signature is truly sparkly but I love this new little jumpy badger.

My sig is awesome because it ultimately describes my disbelief in free will in a simple way. You can more or less do what you want to do but what you truly want to do is ultimately out of your control. Put simply, you are a slave to your motives.

My signature comes from an infamous line-reading from Ed Wood's Bride of the Monster, where Bela Lugosi's character allegedly said of his servant Lobo (played by Tor Johnson), that he is as "harmless as kitchen." According to Michael Medved, the film critic who made Ed Wood infamous, this line was either a sign of Ed Wood's incompetence or Bela Lugosi's slow loss of his health. In any case, anyone who actually watches the film can see that Lugosi actually gets it right: "Don't be afraid of Lobo; he's as gentle as a kitten."
Anyway, for the longest time, I actually wrote it into my signature, but then, I decided to use mybannermaker.com and made it into an image.

(January 16, 2012 at 10:43 am)DoubtVsFaith Wrote: My sig is awesome because it ultimately describes my disbelief in free will in a simple way. You can more or less do what you want to do but what you truly want to do is ultimately out of your control. Put simply, you are a slave to your motives.

Not really the purpose of this thread I know, but I always wonder why anyone would think it surprising that we serve our motives. Whose should we serve? Does anyone think that freedom of the will refers to anything more radically free than that?

Some people believe that they can ULTIMATELY control what they do even though ultimately they can't.

In fact I believe that most people believe that they have ultimate control.

But I've argued with folks who seem to think that our actions have causes which render our conscious participation epiphenomenal. I'm happy to concede that we never chose what it is that motivates us but there is something equally wrong headed about arguing that a sense of agency is a ghost in the machine.

And I'm only saying that we ultimately don't choose our motives and so are slaves to them.