How come the dove gets to be the peace symbol?

Question

How about the pillow? It has more feathers than the dove, and i

Answer 1

The dove is the symbol of peace because of its appearance at the time of Jesus' baptism, it has become a symbol of the Holy spirit, as well as of purity.
Also, a dove was released by Noah after the Great Flood in order to find land. The dove came back carrying an olive branch in its beak, telling Noah that the Great Flood had receded and there was land once again for Man. (Genesis 8:11). This symbolized that God was ending his "war" with mankind.

Answer 2

The Peaceful Dove (Geopelia striata), is a pigeon native to Australia. They also can be seen in southern Papua New Guinea and Malaysia.

The birds are a relatively small pigeon and vary in length from 19 to 21 centimetres (7.6 to 8.4 inches). The Peaceful Dove are have a pink-grey breast with chequered grey-brown wings. Thin striations of black appear around the neck and nape area and decend down the back. The eye is greyish-white and a blue-grey ring surrounds the eye that tapers off and joins the beak/cere. The juveniles are paler are less striated. They also have a duller eye ring. The nape is similar to that of the Bar-shouldered dove in that the nape feathers are striated but differs in that the Bar-shouldered dove does not have striated throat feathers like the Peaceful Dove. Furthermore, the nape feathers are grey-brown in colour compared to the vivid copper colour seen with Bar-shouldered doves.

The Peaceful Dove is found in pairs, groups and flocks. They feed off the ground and are found commonly in streets and gardens. They also are found in scrublands, woodlands, watercourses, railyards and on the edge of rainforests. When not found on the ground feeding, they can found in trees roosting. They can be found all over Australia except the south western Australia (from the Pilbara, Western Australia to the Nullarbor, South Australia). Unfortunately, the doves' range is reducing due to the introduced Spotted Turtle Dove.

The doves fly in a rapid, undulating motion. The wings make a flushing "frrr" noise when the birds are in flight.

Voices of the Peaceful Dove are high-pitched "doodle-doo", "co-co-coo" and "croorrr!".

Breeding occurs from October to January in southern Australia and from March to June in northern Australia. Nests are built on horizontal branches of trees. Two white eggs are laid. The doves are very aggressive to other birds when breeding.

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References
Pizzey and Knight, "Field Guide to the Birds of Australia", Angus & Robertson, ISBN 0-207-19691-5
Trounsen and Trounsen, "Australian Birds: A Concise Photographic Field Guide, Cameron House. ISBN 1875999477.

Answer 3

....must be something related to Christianity or Judaism...

Noah saw a dove as it was indication of land..

The Holy Spirit came into Christ as a dove.

The dove is of white color...maybe becoz of that....

Answer 4

The pigeon was busy?