So far, the name changes have been trickling in via email and the original post and friends. So far, we have the following, I'm sorry if I missed anyone else's name, go ahead and submit it in the comments. On or by Friday I'll try to set up a survey (I didn't like the one Blogger offers). I personally happen to like acronym names, but I am open to anything. Some of the ones I received were potentially offensive (still funny though), but I have included all of the ones I got below, with some other requests and pieces. Think of anything else? Add it!
Names:
The Raytractors
Christian Central
The Rational Approach
The Scientific Method
The Rhythm Method
3 gods, 1 cup
Freed from Ignorance
F.I.S.T (Fighting Ignorance with Scientific Thinking)*
Don't Be Raytarded
Ummm, that might be pushing it:
Citizens United for Non-magical Thinking
Facing Up to Comfort & Cameron by Engaging in Rational Skepticism
Skeptics, Heathens, Idolaters (or Infidels), & Thinkers
General Words requested to work into the name:
rational
skeptic
scientific
thinking
Slogans:
Fighting Ignorance since July 2008
[insert a word like countering, fighting or the like]...bigots and fundamentalists, censors and closed-minded Napoleons.
* opens the possibility for ... suggestive slogans
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Well, I know this will be a surprise, but I like 'Citizens United for Non-magical Thinking'.
ReplyDeleteIt has a good acronym, plus I like the idea of citizens being united for me personally. :p
Great, the 1st 2 comments support the dirty acronyms. Why does that not surprise me...
ReplyDelete:)
Thanks
Citizens United Negating Theism For Life And People's Safety.
ReplyDeleteClever, yes... but I'm thinking it might be kinda awkward to link to a site with the name....
ReplyDelete...yeah, you get the point.
Could go with a Simpson's reference and take "Hell's Satans"
ReplyDeleteHow about L.O.S.T.
ReplyDeleteLunatics
Objecting
Supernatural
Trinity
I think linking us to anything specifically might alienate some of our members, and cause others to avoid us like the plague. As a group, we're not 'anti-theist', 'pro-atheist' or even 'anti-christian'.
ReplyDeleteWe're simply anti-stupid.
Hey: how about "The Antistupid"?
Skeptics, Heathens, Idolaters, & Thinkers"
ReplyDeleteI like this one, too. Although maybe Infidels rather than Idolators?
Or the 'Christ Punchers'
Dan, Thanks for the suggestion, however, that would be contrary to some of our members who are theists and we don't limit ourselves to countering one worldview
ReplyDeleteNaFa I like that change, I regret to say that that one along with FIST and Nonmagical thinking are mine. I Like Infidels better
ReplyDeleteEvangelicals:
ReplyDeleteVampiric
Insane and
Loving it!
I liked the Rhythm Method... although looking through the comments I also liked Yaeger's idea for "Hell's Satans"...3Gods, 1 Cup hehehee, that ones good too!!:)
ReplyDeleteWell, I meant The Rhythm Method as a joke, after The Scientific Method. I really like Citizens United for Non-Magical Thinking, but I was born that way. And oh, the name is okay, too.
ReplyDelete'Fighting Fundamentalism Since July 2008' has alliteration on it's side so it gets my vote
ReplyDeleteI'm all for the non-vile but quite catchy Rational Approach. In fact, if this group doesn't take it, I'm going to steal it for my own evil purposes.
ReplyDeleteThe Unholy Skeptics Society
ReplyDeleteI think I'm up for anything that isn't rude or directly associated with Ray, that way we can get a large audience.
ReplyDeleteHow about "We members of the rational community"?
ReplyDeleterational is a stretch I think.
ReplyDeleteI'm really liking the idea of something with the word 'skeptic' in it.
ReplyDeleteYeah, I know, I"m such a big help.
Dan,
ReplyDeleteThat's why we aren't paying you to think.
Dan, I really don't think you can claim the rational high ground with some of the statements you've made on your debunking blog.
ReplyDeleteDoes "I refuse to read anything from talk origins, ever. "[emphasis original] sound familiar?
"Facing Up to Comfort & Cameron by Engaging in Rational Skepticism"
ReplyDeleteWhat, really? Seriously? You couldn't have thought "Facing Up to Comfort & Kirk by Engaging in Rational Skepticism" for the TRUE win?
Anyhow, I've got an acronym for ya:
Skeptical
Minds and
Rational
Thinkers.
If anyone points out "Y'know, if you make 'And' part of the acronym, it works better," we ban them.
[Insert Homer Simpson]
ReplyDelete"I am so smart,
I am so smart,
Ess, Em Ar-Tee,
I mean, Ess, Em Ay-Ar Tee!"
SMRT for the win! Yeah, we likes!
ReplyDeleteGreat one, theShaggy! You rock.
@theShaggy My friend suggested that but I didn't like mixing the 1st and last names...it just looked wrong
ReplyDeleteI like the idea of it being called SPLAT! I'm just not sure what that could stand for.
ReplyDeleteStubborn
ReplyDeletePeople
Lacking
All
Thought
Dan, belief in magical invisible sky faeries is NOT rational. No matter how many mushrooms or how much cool aid you consume.
ReplyDeletePS.
ReplyDeleteStubborn
People
Lacking
All
Thought
Projection, much?!
OMG Kiwi that's awesome, I'm studying psychology right now and I was thinking the same thing haha!
ReplyDeleteYeah, TSS, it's the sort of diagnosis that jumps out and smacks one in the face while shouting "look at me, look at me" rather loudly.
ReplyDelete"Not the Atheist's Nightmares"
ReplyDelete"We Think Therefore We Mock"
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It's no good; I keep coming up with taglines rather than names.
Off-topic: Didja see where YouTube pulled down all the eucharist desecration videos just because a few Catholics complained?
It reminded me of something:
The believers are genuinely scared. YouTube is a business and it may have a bottom-line reason for pandering to their hysteria - but you and I needn't do the same.
SMRT is nice.
ReplyDeleteSMRT is my favorite so far. Seriously.
ReplyDeleteSMRT is quite neat and punchy.
ReplyDeleteHas the same connotation as the Brights without being so up itself.
I nominate nonmagic as Agent 99. Anybody else remember the "cones of silence"?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jGwSgk5U0Zk
here Max and 99 meet The Sacred Cows (which would be another fine name for the group)
I like SMRT myself.
ReplyDeleteI just threw out the "3 gods 1 cup" as a gag. I'm glad it got some giggles, but I withdraw that as a potential name.
ReplyDeleteI like Skeptical Minds and Rational Thinkers, but you know, if you make 'And' part of the acronym, it works better.
Go ahead & ban me - I've been thrown out of better places than this!
Other real choices-
Skeptics United (I checked and this appears to be an open domain name, as .com .net and .org
Non-believers United
Community Against Religious Extremism
Rationalists Against Religious Extremism
Community Against Religious Zealotry
Stew, I used to want to me Agent 99 soooo bad when I was a kid!!!!
ReplyDeleteThanks for that video!
As a side note,
ReplyDeletehow about "Fighting Fundamentalism in the 21st Century"?
"since July 2008" sounds too much like asking the sommelier if Tuesday was a good year.
Who is this Dan and why does he like to put his ignorance on display?
ReplyDeleteTagline:
ReplyDelete"Because the Religious Right is Wrong."
Ah, Barbara Feldon. Now there was a woman to stir an adolescent boy's fantasies. Her and Bat Girl would have made a great threesome.
ReplyDeleteI like SMRT, too.
ReplyDeleteYea SMRT works and SMART also.
ReplyDeleteSome
More
Absurdly
Ridiculous
Thoughts
D.A.N.
ReplyDeleteDebunking Atheists, Not!
Froggie,
ReplyDeleteNow that is funny! Thanks for that chuckle.
With love,
D.a.n.
Practically, I'm a fan of SMRT.
ReplyDeleteHowever, I'll confess both F.I.S.T and Don't Be Raytarded are close seconds.
If we're going to have a forum (why not a threesome?), I think we should move away from having "Ray" in the name. I still prefer something with "rational" and/or "skeptic" in it. Or maybe "Raw Baby Eating Atheists".
ReplyDeleteRaw Baby Eating Atheists has my vote.
ReplyDeleteWell, since eating raw baby can be a health hazard and I don't think any of us wants to be sued, just to be safe I'd go for 'Barbecued Baby Eating Atheists', but only for legal reasons.
ReplyDeleteWe can call at least as subsection of the forum "Shishkababy Cuisine" or "Join the Babyque!"
ReplyDelete"Babies the other other white meat"?
ReplyDeleteOr is that racist and we should not discriminate which babies we eat by color?
Well I guess atheists do have a sense of humor.
ReplyDeleteDan wrote:
ReplyDelete"Well I guess atheists do have a sense of humor."
Yes, but it's self-depricating. Which is why you got a very different reaction when you brought it up on your own over at D.A.
Hey guys, is the new forum going to be B.Y.O.B?
Yeah, me too. But some balloons would be nice as well.
ReplyDeleteRAY COMFORT
ReplyDeleteRational Atheists Yelling Commonly Onto Mediocre, False Or Ruthless Testimonies.
R.A.Y. C.O.M.F.O.R.T.
ReplyDeleteOK you are putting way too much thought into this, although comical.
"Too much thought". How fitting.
ReplyDeleteYeah Dan, too much thought.
ReplyDeleteWe should just call us what most of us are, and what we do.
Y'know, the Debunking Atheists or something.
How about D.A.N, since we poke fun at the Dumb Ass Nazarean
ReplyDeleteClos,
ReplyDeleteTouché, but I consider myself more of a 'Nazarene.' It would make it funner. It's good such a serious guy is attempting humor though. It gives me hope that some resemblance of a soul is still in that empty elitist cavity.
Ohh Snap!
Dan,
ReplyDelete#1 Obviously Clos doesn't have a soul, because souls don't exist
#2 How is he an elitist?
#3 Clos has been hilarious many times before =D