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pmo
Joined: 27 Jun 2005 Posts: 141 Location: new pekin indiana	Posted: Thu Apr 13, 2006 6:43 pm    Post subject: symbol/deism   QUESTION.. Is the symbol for deism on the dollar bill..the eye on the pyramid? I saw that on a deist forum on yahoo groups , and was wondering if it is true..come on you history buffs... thanks pmo _________________ PMO HAVE A GREAT DAY NATURE..EARTH....UNIVERSE...SACRED AND DIVINE
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Aaron
Site Admin Joined: 28 Oct 2005 Posts: 1235 Location: Connecticut	Posted: Thu Apr 13, 2006 6:47 pm    Post subject:   I don't think so... Isn't that a Masonic symbol? _________________ "As there is nothing before or outside of God he must contain within himself the ground of his existence..." Friedrich Wilhelm Joseph von Schelling http://panendeism.org/deism.aspx
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pmo
Joined: 27 Jun 2005 Posts: 141 Location: new pekin indiana	Posted: Thu Apr 13, 2006 8:21 pm    Post subject: symbol   My other half of the family says its masonic also, interesting subject, the masons watching us.. pmo _________________ PMO HAVE A GREAT DAY NATURE..EARTH....UNIVERSE...SACRED AND DIVINE
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Davidium
DD Founder Joined: 26 Aug 2004 Posts: 1798 Location: Hyde Park, Chicago	Posted: Thu Apr 13, 2006 8:55 pm    Post subject:   Ha! The Yahoo group you saw that on is "Temple of Reason" , which is run by Andrew Zito, who is a fruit-loop in my most humble opinion... He is a "Fundamentalist Deist"... He declared that they pyramid/eye is the symbol of Deism... In essence, Deism does not have a symbol that is agreed upon by very many people. Now, different groups have had different symbols... Here at DD, I use a "D-style Mobius strip in rainbow colors". A Mobius is a figure that appears to have two sides, but actually only has one. When the UDC was in existance, they used a mobius strip that was twisted into the shape of the infinity symbol... Let me see if I can find the link for that... I know a group that used a sine wave..... Steve Dowell likes the hurricane symbol. The point is that we are the meaning makers.... choose your own symbol, and make its meaning. I like the mobius because there are options for jewlery and other things... it symbolizes something that is infinite, and is more complicated than it appears... I used to wear an infinity mobius necklace, like Christians wear crosses (and I still do sometimes). I want to have one made that is a D style mobius with a chalice on the inside... http://www.mobiusproductsandservices.com/ Check them out, that's where I got my mobius jewlery from... Choose your own symbol.... David _________________ "Without change, something sleeps inside us, and seldom awakens." -- Frank Herbert
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pmo
Joined: 27 Jun 2005 Posts: 141 Location: new pekin indiana	Posted: Fri Apr 14, 2006 8:56 am    Post subject: symbol   Thanks david, I read it on the WUD group on yahoo, someone had put it there. Thanks again for the answer pmo _________________ PMO HAVE A GREAT DAY NATURE..EARTH....UNIVERSE...SACRED AND DIVINE
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stretmediq
Joined: 20 Mar 2006 Posts: 514 Location: Tulsa, OK	Posted: Sun Apr 23, 2006 7:17 am    Post subject:   How about something like an asterisk (*)? Along with the male/female symbols it is used to denote childbirth. It also has been used to symbolize creation. It's center represents the origin, whatever you believe that to be, and the arms radiating out from it the world. To me it looks like the birth of the universe in the Big Bang. It is also elegantly simple while at the same time universally recognizible. _________________ ESSE EST PERCEPI
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stretmediq
Joined: 20 Mar 2006 Posts: 514 Location: Tulsa, OK	Posted: Sun Apr 23, 2006 8:52 am    Post subject:   P.S. It also looks like the "star of life" and I am in EMS! LOL!!!!!!!!!!! _________________ ESSE EST PERCEPI
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Wandered Off
Joined: 06 Mar 2006 Posts: 78 Location: Texas USA	Posted: Mon Apr 24, 2006 11:05 am    Post subject:   stetmediq wrote: How about something like an asterisk (*)? Plus, I like the implication asterisks normally connote: "But wait... There's more to it."
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