Baptist icon...

[Victrixa]

I think that a simple brown wood-looking cross is pretty too.

I like the Baptist icon. It's pretty.

(Hope you don't mind an outsider giving her opinion... )

 

[ZiSunka]

We don't mind your opinion!

We're looking for something that expresses the unique Christianity of the anabaptists though.

How about a fish with a peace symbol?

 

[ZiSunka]

Fish with peace symbol:

 

[Victrixa]

Hey, what about the olive branch with a brown (wood-like) cross over it?

That peace symbol looks, well.... New Agish, maybe?

Sorry, can't help but intruding in this thread!

 

[ZiSunka]

You're not intruding Vic! I value your input!

 

[Maeyken]

I tried one where the olive branch was behind the cross, and it just looked like a green blob no matter what I did. As much as I like this icon idea, I think perhaps we should explore other possibilities!

 

[Crazy Liz]

Fish with peace symbol:

I like it, but I think Erwin requires Christian denominational icons to include a cross.

 

[Maeyken]

ok, here's another attempt...

edited to add- I fixed the cross so it doesn't look lobsided... just didn't want to bother posting it *again* after this message took 3 attempts already!!

 

[ZiSunka]

Like it a lot!!!!!

 

[Canadian75]

Looks great. I wasn't sure how a olive branch would look and if anyone would get the meaning (I thought a peace sign and a cross would be more obvious), but this icon looks excellent. Good job.

 

[ZiSunka]

The olive branch could be a bit bigger. I like your idea of the peace sign and the cross, but some folks have objected to the peace sign as being a bit too worldly.

 

[Canadian75]

I like your idea of the peace sign and the cross, but some folks have objected to the peace sign as being a bit too worldly.

Good point.

 

[P_G]

I like it, but I think Erwin requires Christian denominational icons to include a cross.

Boy don't tell the Messianics that

I will likely as not put the Anabaptist icon in my sig
Nice work gang!

PG

 

[Maeyken]

ok, one more try with a slightly larger olive branch...

edited to add: ok, this time I'll attach the picture!

 

[McDLT]

Fish with peace symbol:

You might want to do a little background on the "peace symbol". There is controversy over what the symbol means and where it came from. So having it as an Anabaptist symbol might be rather, unpeaceful

 

[McDLT]

Mabye we could just go back to this one or post 21 in this thread:

http://www1.christianforums.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=41180

 

[Canadian75]

You might want to do a little background on the "peace symbol". There is controversy over what the symbol means and where it came from. So having it as an Anabaptist symbol might be rather, unpeaceful

Origin of the peace symbol according to soc.religion.christian faqs (http://geneva.rutgers.edu/src/faq/peace-symbol.txt):

"I had a letter from a guy who was at the meeting where it was designed. He was Laurens Otter, who published a magazine for Christian anarchists in London. According to him, neither explanation is correct. Though it is true
that the central part represents the semaphore sign for ND (nuclear disarmament) the Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament had nothing to do with the
design. It was a small group, and they were discussing some kind of symbol they could use. As they were Christians, they wanted a variation on the cross, and someone suggested that it should have dropping arms because it
looked sad.

One of the members of the group, Jerry Horton, did some research, and the next time they met he said that he had found that the circle could be a sign for an unborn child, and the cross with drooping arms was the sign of a dead
person, which was used by medieval monks.

They adopted that as a logo to symbolize the effects of Strontium 90 on unborn children. It was only a year later that it was taken up in a big way by the Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament.

It would therefore be an entirely appropriate symbol for the anti-abortion lobby in countries like the USA today, where abortion seems to be a greater threat to unborn children than Strontium 90."


So it appears that the peace symbol was influenced by Christianity. Interesting.

Peace.

 

[McDLT]

Canadian75 that is just one opinion. There are also others who believe that it has origins in witchcraft and still others believe that it refers to the upside down cross of Peter (Nero's Cross) and used as an anti-Christian symbol.

Thus I think the olive or palm branch is a much better representation and has less controversy surrounding it.

 

[Crazy Liz]

Mabye we could just go back to this one or post 21 in this thread:

http://www1.christianforums.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=41180

Can you size it so it looks good at the size of the other faith icons?

 

[Canadian75]

Canadian75 that is just one opinion. There are also others who believe that it has origins in witchcraft and still others believe that it refers to the upside down cross of Peter (Nero's Cross) and used as an anti-Christian symbol.

Thus I think the olive or palm branch is a much better representation and has less controversy surrounding it.

I totally agree that it would be better to not use the peace symbol, if only because of the controversy. I like the icon with the olive branch.

That being said, the idea that it is a "satanic" symbol is rather silly. The story I posted is far more credible.
Why would anyone use an evil symbol to represent peace? Why would Satan want to have one of his icons used as a universally recognized symbol for one of the very things he opposes? In the end a symbol is just a representation of an ideal and has no "power." IF the peace symbol is "satanic" in origin, it no longer has any satanic connotations and represents one of God's highest ideals (in other words it would be a monumental failure on Satan's behalf if he did have anything to do with it).

Peace.

PS. The only reason I'm inputting on this thread is because I'm considering joining a Mennonite church.