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do we really want to make Holbach "the face of atheism"? Perhaps Image:Ephesians 2,12 - Greek atheos.jpg would be preferable as an image, or, of course, no image at all. --dab (𒁳) 20:47, 18 September 2007 (UTC)

Contents 1 Colour 2 Scarlet Letter 3 Hubble Ultra Deep Field photo 4 Image(s)

[edit] Colour

This template is a bit sterile looking, perhaps it should given the same colour scheme as the atheism portal?Coffeeassured (talk) 07:14, 7 June 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Scarlet Letter

This image has become a popular logo for atheism. Maybe we should include it.--Hamsterlopithecus (talk) 07:12, 17 June 2008 (UTC)

This image isn't really representative of atheism in the same way that the cross represents Christianity or Om represents Hinduism; a popular logo shouldn't be confused with a representative symbol. I'll admit that I've never seen it until now. The image isn't particularly good either - it's unsourced, harsh (bright red on a white background), and it's suffering from obvious compression issues. On top of that, I'm not sure that the template needs an image.-Wafulz (talk) 15:55, 17 June 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Hubble Ultra Deep Field photo

I have removed this photo since it has no more relevance to atheism than it does to theism. I have written a longer comment on Talk:Atheism, and right now I am being bold and removing the image. The template still looks pretty. :) 65.191.180.91 (talk) 20:50, 18 November 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Image(s)

There have been a few suggestions for what image this template should include. As some said before about D'holbach, The Scarlet Letter and the Hubble Ultra Deepp Field photo; none of these does a good job of representing atheism as a whole. But without a picture, and especially with the black color, the template looks rather sterile and uninviting. What I suggest is using a few small photos of well known atheists, in the same way as the tempate on this page (Ashkenazi Jews) does to represent Ashkenazi culture. There could be Christopher Hitchens, Richard Dawkins, Stephen Jay Gould, Emma Goldman, Charles Bradlaugh, Stephen Weinberg, Pete Stark or anyone else in List of atheists. -ramz- (talk) 00:31, 23 February 2009 (UTC)