2006-10-29 11:32:32 · 27 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Well magic one, the first part of your question is offline, but I agree with the second part! Happy Christmas to everyone!
2006-10-29 11:47:04 · update #1
Steve T you may not know it be most Christians would agree with you, its at the wrong time anyway
2006-10-29 11:50:12 · update #2
Well, it proves one thing, we agree about the the celebration, it is mosty over done, to those who wished me ill for asking, Have a Happy Holiday, as for the rest, have a very nice time, whatever you want to call it and thank you for your answers, they are enlightening!
2006-10-29 12:06:37 · update #3
I will!! I'm a committed atheist but do believe in the human values that Christmas represents. So yes, though I don't believe Jesus was the son of god or even that god exists. I'll raise a glass to him on his birthday and celebrate with everyone else.
P.S. I love Christmas carols so much, that I'm putting the CD back in my car starting on the 1st of November!
2006-10-29 11:37:42 · answer #1 · answered by A True Gentleman 5 · 4⤊ 0⤋
Christmas did take over a pagan festival this is true, but to me the reasons are rather obvious for this. When the eastern Roman empire converted to christianity, by emperor constantine, no one actually knew when Christs birth was. People in the days of jesus did not write things like that down. So what were they suppose to do? well the obvious thing is to celebrate his birth on a day that you already set aside in your calendar to celebrate for something that you no longer believe.
Christmas may now be more commercial than religious, but the resons for this are because thats how we have made it. There are still alot of people who celebrate christmas for its original reason of christs birth. Whether we celebrate it on 25th december or any other date is irrelevant.
2006-10-29 19:50:01 · answer #2 · answered by MC 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I will!
Don't forget, before Christianity pinned a religious theme to it, "Christmas" was a pagan festival merely to brighten up the desolate winter months.
And it's better being an atheist at Christmas, you don't have to bother with all the "blahblahblah it's Jesus' birthday" gubbins. You just concentrate on the partying, the celebration, the love of life and fellow human beings! (Although you gotta thank the Christians, all that partying and fun wouldnt be so socially acceptable if it wasn't for the "oh, it's a religious celebration" excuse!)
2006-10-29 19:45:07 · answer #3 · answered by Electra 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
A lot of Christians don't even really celebrate Christmas b/c it's all about buying crap for them. Besides, it is true that we put it at the same time of the celebration of the Winter Solstice, and the whole tree thing isn't Christian either.
Same thing with Easter--I think the bunny and the eggs are supposed to represent fertility. To quote Bill HIcks "Here's a chocolate egg, that's about all you can handle spiritually right now."
2006-10-29 19:42:50 · answer #4 · answered by Reject187 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Sniff... sniff... Smells like one of those "get back to the true meaning of Christmas" questions.
Real truth is Christmas was a Roman Catholic attempt to co-opt the winter solstice celebration of Yule, since Jesus birth, according to most credible religious scholars, was probably some time in late August. The RC also did the same with Easter to co-opt pagan fertility and spring solstice celebrations. So let's just all celebrate and leave the one-ups-man-ship out of it.
2006-10-29 19:38:39 · answer #5 · answered by Magic One 6 · 6⤊ 0⤋
The birth of the children of gods and virgin women was celebrated on December 25th before Christianity even existed.
All Christianity did to the day was replace the names Dionysus and Mithras with Jesus. The rest of the story is essentially the same.
So, how many Christians and general bible thumpers will be celebrating the birth of Mithras on December 25th this year?
2006-10-29 19:47:16 · answer #6 · answered by scifiguy 6 · 1⤊ 1⤋
A lot will. Being an Atheist is no good reason to be excluded from the spirit of Christmas.
2006-10-29 19:58:16 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
well you see, I'm not the one who set the rules. If my work wants to give me a day off with pay, who am I to refuse?
As for the rest? Let's face it, like everything else in religion, xmas is a commercial holiday. Based in money and founded on greed.
Nothing more.
Besides, we call it by it's REAL name here in our household;
Yule.
2006-10-29 19:45:26 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Lots. The spirit of giving is not confined to Christians. And for the responder who claimed that Islam is the one true religion, it's time to get real: there is NO true religion -- or at least no way of demonstrating such.
2006-10-29 19:37:16 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 5⤊ 0⤋
I am atheists, but im definitly not a bible hater, I believe its good to follow a religion, personally I just dont need to. But I will be celebrating christmas because I like celebrations, lol.
2006-10-29 19:36:00 · answer #10 · answered by Fernie 2 · 4⤊ 2⤋