did I do too harsh of a hack job to this question:

@waxeagle Oh boy! Expect more of this as the site grows, I'm afraid. :-(

@waxeagle That's a fine and decent edit.

@JonEricson yeah, I'm not usually this nice, but it's actually a legit question that I haven't seen, just couched in a whole bunch of unecessary baggage...

doesn't hurt that it ref's the blog either

@C.Ross we're about to gradumatate!

@waxeagle congratulations!!!

@C.Ross yeah, Jin was in here the other day asking about design stuff, 'twas very exciting, although it's going to be a unique challenge for him

@waxeagle no doubt!

are you at least getting a cross icon?

that's my opinion :)

@waxeagle lol, the latter I will agree on

(also apparently the JW's aren't big fans of crosses)

but you just ruled out about every traditional symbol of Christianity

@waxeagle hmmmmmm

@C.Ross I think we're going to look towards Alpha + Omega, and I'm arguing towards the Chi-Rho, but not sure if that will fly

my wife recommends the chalice, which represents communion?

@waxeagle that's solid

@C.Ross perhaps, maybe an old school Renaissance theme would be cool (alhtough you've got to be careful with chalices, the Unitarians use a flaming chalice)

@waxeagle oi, yeah

@C.Ross and this is the minefield we walk :)

yep

@JonEricson that would be my preferred logo symbol, but I understand if people feel it's not recognizable enough

@waxeagle I certainly recognize it

@waxeagle I like the circle too for some reason. It reminds me of a wheel, but not too new-agey.

@JonEricson I think I agree about the circle, I wouldn't mind seeing jin go with a celtic knot general design integrating something like what you posted

hopefully he gets around to the meta post soon

@JonEricson something along that line

btw, did you hear about the new scrap of text they recently found (I think it's coptic?)

they're saying it might be another early gnostic gospel

google.com/hostednews/ap/article/…

some readings have it quoting Jesus as saying he has a wife, others that he is using metaphorical language...

@waxeagle No, that was a great edit. I really am glad she didn't ask on the blog. I didn't see the part about "going and asking my wife" until I had already answered.

@PeterTurner it was just odd tbh

Did somebody say the site is graduating? Is there a Meta post coming with details or anything?

Never mind.. I saw Jin's comment. Again, I'm late to know, but how cool is that?

@DavidStratton it's quite cool :)

not sure when it will happen officially, (it will be whenever our design is complete and ready to be switched on), Jin said he had one site in front of us

@waxeagle It might be a fake and it's of little historical value (if you want to know about Jesus) since it's 4th century or later: evangelicaltextualcriticism.blogspot.com/2012/09/…

@JonEricson very interesting

My two cents on the site design: Rather than having a symbol, a pohotograph of a bunch of Christian books - a Bible, some books on doctrine, perhaps, maybe a Book of Mormon. It has the scholarly look @Caleb was talking about, and conveys the message that the site is about studying Christianity...

I need a spell checker. At any rate, it would also not contain any symbols that might be taken as sacrilegious, offensive, or simply not representative of a denomination.

I'm picturing them on a bookshelf, or maybe stacked up on a desk - a person studying one of the books, and a whole stack next to him/her in a library, or a nice desk that looks like the office of a professor or Pastor or Priest.

@DavidStratton (you can edit chats if you want to)

@DavidStratton a theme surrounding books? that's intriguing

no matter what sect we're from I think we all pretty well identify as "people of the book" :)

How do I edit a chat post? I see no edit link... I do see a drop-down type thing on the left, but my only available option is "flag for moderator". Not worth bothering a moderator to fix a typo. ;-)

At any rate, something that conveys this feeling, bit with an adult: visualphotos.com/photo/2x2737541/…

@david there is a limited window to edit. but if you can edit it's under the arrow at left

@PeterTurner Mere Christianity...

It'd be awesome to add more books to our "shelf" as we find new favorites.

... Cost of Discipleship ...

interesting thought

@Trig - Mind if I turn your question about prisoners into real q?