Because of the way God used a dove to represent the Holy Spirit in New Testament narratives of the baptism of our Lord Jesus, Christians today often make a similar association.  In movements, groups and special events where the working of the Holy Spirit is given special emphasis, you will often see the dove incorporated into a logo or other graphics. 

Even TV series and Hollywood productions sometimes use doves to represent the presence of angels or of special divine activity.  And then, of course, there is the association of the white dove with peace, which I suppose must hark back to Noah's day, when the dove and olive leaf became a sign that God's judgment in the flood had fully passed.

In many minds today, the white dove stands for purity, gentleness, peace, goodness and kindness.  These are good qualities, encouraged by the lord Jesus Himself when he told the first disciples, "Behold, I send you forth as sheep in the midst of wolves: be ye therefore wise as serpents, and harmless as doves."  (Matthew 10:16, KJV)

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