Such as Christmas, Easter, 4th of July...
2006-07-06 15:26:16 · 22 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Oh, I'm sure someone will find some way of making all holidays religious!
2006-07-06 15:30:05 · update #1
I guess mel told me!
2006-07-06 16:00:24 · update #2
I vote for making Wednesday a national holiday.
2006-07-07 01:26:28 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 4⤊ 2⤋
Atheists are usually off for those holidays because schools and businesses close on those days. And the 4th of July is not a religious holiday, it's our nation's birthday.
2006-07-06 15:31:07 · answer #2 · answered by Nobody 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Well first off the TRUE celebration of Easter is pagan, so if someone isn't pagan, should they be celebrating it??? Read the history! Here's a short overview a christian minister friend of mine wrote...
http://blog.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=blog.view&friendID=32781181&blogID=110305513&Mytoken=BAF63A8B-936D-490B-A3017E1271458F8D10009531
Second, since when is the 4th of July religious? Last I knew it was the celebration of our Independence!
Third, Christmas in the modern sense of the word is non religious! Santa wasn't Jesus's pal! So I see no harm in purchasing my child some toys from Santa.
And why are you picking out Athiests? I'm Agnostic, does that mean I get to celebrate if I believe December 25th is on the calendar? I have some neighbors who aren't American citizens, would you like me to go to their house next year and tell them they can't light off fireworks and hang an American flag in front of their house?
You should worry more about yourself and less about what people choose to do with their vacation time!
2006-07-06 15:45:07 · answer #3 · answered by Mel 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Nah, were fine with celebrating christmas. And since when is the 4th of July a religious holiday?
2006-07-06 15:28:41 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Does the 4th of July have a religious theme?
I live in a Muslim country. I take their holidays off, yet I do request the 25th of December off every year. Just one day extra, and I've yet to encounter an employer who has a problem with it. For me, I prefer not to work on 25 December not because of the supposed birth of anyone, but because all of my life it has been a time of family. Unlike what many posters on Y!A may like to think, atheists have families, love them, and want to spend time with them. My wife is a nominal Muslim who greatly enjoys the day. Christmas is a great celebration of what is important in this world: selfless giving, family and love. The first six letters of its name are immaterial to me.
If I were the owner of a company, I would sit down with people and discuss the days off that their religion requires, or desires, them to take off. I've yet to hear of a religion with a very large list of holy days, so I imagine I'd be able to accommodate them. Us atheists have no particular days off :( so I guess it's logical for us to just go with the flow...
The answerer who commented that 1 April is a holiday for atheists makes a good loke. I like the joke and I commend the answerer for making it. It's the day that day that we can sit back and marvel at the practical joke that has been played on the believers of the world! Nudge nudge wink wink...
2006-07-07 00:11:25 · answer #5 · answered by XYZ 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Shouldn't Religious people only be given religious holidays off if they spend the whole holiday participating in religious observances?
After all, the idea is that you are given the day off in order practice your religion--So you should be on your knees in church all day, praying to God.
Since that doesn't happen, maybe those people should have those holidays taken away from them.
2006-07-06 15:50:45 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
I think it would be more fair if everybody was allowed a few days off each year, to celebrate their own religious holidays. Anybody can pick then which days they want, which fit in with their beliefs.
i would firstly pick march 20th, the most godless day on earth in modern times (the start of the invasion in iraq), little weird to call that day a celebration, but as a non-believer is is the most godless day i can think of.
2006-07-06 15:39:11 · answer #7 · answered by Thinx 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I'm with Dr Dave. I work in retail, so I have to work every holiday anyway.
but as for taking a day off, that's all any holiday in America is. just another day to have a cookout and buy some booze. if there was a "national athiest day" you'd see Christians skipping out on work to have a party.
2006-07-06 15:36:22 · answer #8 · answered by cirque de lune 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Atheists are free to participate in any holiday they like. Certainly if they refuse paid time off just because it's religious that's foolish
Hey- I'm not black but I take off Martin Luther King's birthday when possible
2006-07-06 15:34:40 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Independence Day is a religious holiday? Since when? I have no problems with religious holidays. I just choose not to celebrate them. If others want to, it is their choice.
2006-07-06 15:31:24 · answer #10 · answered by worldisstillthesame 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
4th of july isn't a religious holiday....but sure because the rest have the days off too.
2006-07-06 15:30:03 · answer #11 · answered by deal 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋