Who can tell me what this is?

[RoeBear]

I'm referring to the avatar that I hope will show up with my message.
I'll tell you what I thought it was after I hear a couple of opinions.
RoeBear

[GOPisEvil]

1. I believe it is the Unitarian Universalist Church symbol. (nt)

[displacedtexan]

15. the unitarian flaming chalice

come, come, whoever you are...
wanderers, worshipers
lovers of leaving.
ours is no caravan of despair.
come, yet again, come.

[Aristus]

2. Looks like an Escher engraving of the Pope!

Just MHO.

[Maple]

3. Raised open hands

holding a flame.

[RoeBear]

5. No fair Maple nt

nt

[Maple]

7. LOL okay then....

it's a Druid. How's that?

[RoeBear]

11. Hey Maple!

Other than the two hands raised to a flame, what significance does it have to you?

[Maple]

14. Several...all similar

'Science as a candle in the dark'

Lamp of learning

Light-bringers

'It is better to light a candle than to curse the darkness.'

Prometheus

Flame of knowledge

Martianus Capella

[mmm]

4. David Duke

in full dress

[RoeBear]

8. Bingo!

That's what I thought it was too. It lookedlike a guy with a robe and one of those KKK dunce caps. I had no idea that the avatars came from DU and obviously since they do it had to be something different.

My apologies to Maple who's posts I had never read before. His answer is the right one.

[Droopy]

6. It looks like

Two hands with a flame floating above them or somebody dressed in a robe with out-stretched arms. I have no clue what it really is or stands for.

[Kazak]

9. That is a flaming chalice...

It's the symbol adopted by the Unitarian Universalists to represent themselves. I guess they just don't like using execution devices as their symbol...search me.

[Kazak]

10. Check this...

http://www.uua.org/aboutuu/chalice.html

[TrogL]

16. So is there any relationship to the Grail

or don't they take it that far?

[jabbo]

12. It looks like

the Grand Wizard at a Klan cross burning

[Liberal Veteran]

13. It's an iconic representation of the little known 70's decoration....

called the "Un Candle"

[arwalden]

17. OMG... I used to have a pair of those!!

I think I sold them at a garage sale for about 50-cents. It still had a small baggie of the little "wick-lets" too.

-- Allen

[Liberal Veteran]

18. LOL....Why am I not surprised?

I had them too. I think gay people were their target market and I was only like 10 or 12 at the time and loved them.

[WillParkinson]

19. But...but...

I've never seen them before....

[Catherine Vincent]

20. It looks like Chimpy trying to catch a raindrop with his feet!

LOL!

[RoeBear]

21. I've changed my avatar...

...so this thread won't make much sense to anyone now.