Can atheists be spiritual like having the spirit of Christmas?

Answer 1

The definition of atheist is one who denies the existence of a higher being or beings. That in no way precludes them being spiritual it simply means they don't have a god figure. So, yes they can be spiritual but celebrating the birth of the son of a god would be rather silly. However, celebrating the love of friends and family is of tremendous importance regardless of your religioous beliefs.

Answer 2

I'm Hindu and I celebrate Christmas. Does that mean I celebrate Jesus' birth? No. But I celebrate the whole gift-giving, decorating Christmas Trees, etc. It's the best time of the year! So if you're Atheist and you want to celebrate Christmas, go ahead and celebrate the traditions as said above, it's not religious. Going to Church and celebrating Jesus' birth is.

Answer 3

"The spirit of Chritmas"?

Are you talking about the religious celebration in rememberance of a man who was though to be holy? Than, no an athesist would not.

Or are you talking about the materialistic, self-serving, debt & guilt inducing extravaganza of retail worship? Both Christians and non-Christians celebrate THAT.

But if you are talking about the time of year, to be thankful for what you have, give tokens of affection to those that you love, remember to give to those less fortunate than you, and get together with friends and family in the spirit of love and good wishes? Then yes, I am spiritual about Christmas.

Answer 4

Yes they can. The want for love and happiness throughout all man kind is not only for the spiritual. It is the obligation of every human. It just so happens that our Lord Jesus Christ preached that this should be the case every day of the year, not just at Christmas.

Answer 5

Peace on Earth and Good Will toward Man.

Who can't celebrate that spirit?

Although recently Christians don't seem to show a lot of Good Will toward anyone who doesn't fall into step.

Answer 6

I know many atheists that celebrate Christmas. Not the true meaning of Christmas, but the gift giving, having friends and family over or going to visit them, etc. I don't understand it. If you aren't a CHRISTian, why celebrate the day of Jesus' birth?

Answer 7

Of course. Atheists can celebrate a day that signifies peace on earth and good will towards all people without getting caught up in the Christian nonsense. They adopted the holiday anyway.

beerbohms - Jesus Christ wasn't born on December 25th. Research your facts before you make statements that make you look like a horse's a s s!

Answer 8

Every human has his Spirit, so have the Atheists--they are humans. They donot have the spirit of Jesus, but of God the Father same spirit as in all the nonChristian world. With that endowment they are not obliged to agree with those who assume they have the spirit of Jesus in them, in reality it may not be so. There only mantra is 'love Jesus'. Knowing Jesus and following his lessons is not their bounty. Hats off to atheists that they have made the Jesus-lovers to think, think hard.

Answer 9

Of course.

Christmas time is an emotional time of family and close friends ~ God believer or not, this emotional experience could easily be described as spiritual.

Answer 10

I believe I am. An atheists is one who disbelieves or denies the existence of God or gods. I don't believe in god but i do believe there is "something" that may govern things. For example the natural law of evolution. When a species "changes" to be able to continue to exist. I think that whatever it is, it's way beyond us right now to know for sure and it's to complex to be just a supreme being (which is a basic definition of God.)