Can you explain this painting? Its called the Agnostic Symbol by Dali?

Question

http://fusionanomaly.net/salvadordaliagnosticsymbol1932.jpg
Is this painting suppose to reflect agnosticism from a religious beliefs standpoint?
Agnostic means one who feels the knowledge to prove or disprove god is non-exsistent or unattainable.
What are your thoughts?

Answer 1

Not even Dali can explain this. He loved the way people were trying to make sense of his paintings.

Just a hint but he almost never named the paintings himself. It is even rumored he just drew the title from a hat where he had collected some poetic names given to him by friends.

But it may be something:
It may represent Dali's view on 'missing the point'. How the seed of religion just goes around someone that could experience God but wants to get his brain around God first.

Answer 2

I see the red object as God and the line as one's reach for God and just missing God. Pretty much one can prove or disprove anything at least in their own mind. That's why the line goes around what I see as God.

Answer 3

well i am an agnostic atheist, one who neither has knowledge of or belief in any god of any sort whatsoever, completely drawn to science, and i can really relate to this painting with all of the drain religion puts on society, I am, generally a useful person, stretched to my limits.

Answer 4

The spoon has a clock in it, stopped at 6:04. Allusions to bent light, warped space, frozen time.

Answer 5

Once again, I feel clueless. Good to know I'm still myself.

Answer 6

See the little red guy? He is the agnostic. The elongated sperm is the fence. (Fence-sitter)

If you look closely, you can see he has no balls. (Ball-less atheists)

See? ;)

Answer 7

only someone who manages to actually eat with this spoon will find true enlightenment.