So I am an atheist and do celebrate Christmas. Earlier this year I told my mom strait up that I do not believe in god, and well, I have a feeling she just believes that this is a phase. Well anyways, I do celebrate Christmas, but not for the celebration of Christ's birth, just as a celebration of family and togetherness. As a family, we have a Christmas tree, wreaths, lights, etcetera, and I am the one setting most of it up. I personally love that time of year and celebrate it well. The dilemma I am running into is what to tell my mom/family if they tell me that I am a hypocrite for celebrating Christmas and not believing in god. When I try to tell them that I do it to celebrate family, togetherness, etcetera, they just refer back to "but the holiday is a celebration of Jesus ...." Any help here from my fellow atheists? By the way, I'm 17 if that helps.
2007-11-13
14:08:57
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Andrew
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