I mean, they dont believe in God nor Jesus, which is what the holiday (believe it or not for most of you) is actually for. I mean, yeah for the presents, but why dont you celebrate hanakka, hey thats 8 days that alot of gifts! Atheists do nothing but talk smack about God and Jesus but still celebrate on this holiday, am I the only one that feels this is so stupid
2006-12-01 03:02:25 · 31 answers · asked by Fatman 2 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
For the presents silly.
2006-12-01 03:04:54 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
This atheist doesn't, so why do you think I do?
While I don't participate in Christmas, I don't begrudge the other atheists who do. For one, it is now simply a tradition based on commercialism. Since Christmas parties usually are mostly only about getting drunk and feeling up a fellow worker, some atheists don't view Christmas as religious.
For another, some atheists believe strongly in family, and they do not wish to cause a schism within their families. Many atheists have been "disowned" for standing up for their beliefs. You have to pick your battles. I was willing to tell my family that I did not believe in Christmas, but my family is pretty decent and open-minded. A more intolerant family, however, may have severe issues when the atheist comes out to them. So, it's also a way to save the family (ironic that some atheists will work to save the family while some theists are more than willing to break up the family in order to cast out nonbelievers).
Besides, it's not like Christians are any better about celebrating Christmas. They are supposedly celebrating the birth of Jesus, which, by some accounts, didn't even take place in December. The Christians hijacked a pagan festival and now claim it was when Jesus was born. So, if the Christians can celebrate a hollow holiday, then I guess atheists can too.
2006-12-01 03:04:49 · answer #2 · answered by Rev Kev 5 · 8⤊ 2⤋
I wish people would just leave Christmas alone. Yes it started from a pagan idea, but then it wasn't even followed for a while. Then Christians started celebrating again for the birth of Jesus. The point is that this is America. Christmas is a federal holiday. Anyone can celebrate it and they should. It's a tradition. It needs to be left alone. A Christmas tree is a CHRISTMAS tree, not a holiday tree. It is something that is put up for only Christmas, not any other holiday. If you want a winter solstice holiday, then petition for one. I will sign it. Just let America celebrate Christmas.
Merry Christmas everyone!
2006-12-01 03:10:08 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 4⤊ 2⤋
Can Christians make up their minds?
One day it's "we're a persecuted minority", and then when the vast majority of people celebrate their holiday, they whine about that too.
So which is it? Is your religion despised and hated by a cruel atheist majority, or has your religion saturated the very fabric of Western life to the point where avoiding Christianity is completely impossible?
Now do you understand why many non-Christians in North America get SO annoyed with you guys? It's Christmas... it's got CHRIST right in the name... and you have the arrogance to ask why atheists would want to participate in a holiday that is about family and giving and charity?
Pfft...
2006-12-01 03:15:22 · answer #4 · answered by doom4rent 2 · 2⤊ 1⤋
I think that happens because Christmas is today more than a party to celebrate Jesus' birthday. It's represented for a lot of simbles apart of religion, as Santa Claus or the habit of giving gifts. It's part of ocidental culture. But I'm atheist and I don't celebrate Christmas.
2006-12-01 03:14:03 · answer #5 · answered by Chaka 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
You are being ignorant. Cultural traditions are intermixed for all. My immediate family focuses more on the real reason for the season, the solstice and how it was the origin of mythologies as people sought to deal with what they didn't understand. My extended family includes Christians and we celebrate some things with them out of respect for them and family unity. Why do so many Christians put up Christmas trees? It is a totally pagan tradition started to bring evergreen things indoors while everything else seemed to die. It reminded them of the promise of life in spring. Are you a hypocrit for incorporating something from another tradition into your own life while imbibing it with different meaning? People who are no longer Christian or nonChristian enjoy focusing on family, feasting together, and using this time of year to refocus ourselves on what is important in the world-caring, family, love, sharing. Not just Christian values you know. We just don't have the baby Jesus thing--btw Jesus was not born Dec. 25th, the pagan God Mithras was and the early church took the date to facilitate pagan conversion.
2006-12-01 03:11:14 · answer #6 · answered by Zen Pirate 6 · 2⤊ 1⤋
Because we enjoy and celebrate being with our family and our relatives. Oh not just by the way Christmas was originally a pagan holiday celebrating the winter solstice and other pagan traditions such as Yule and Saturnalia as well as the ancient Roman holiday of Natalis Solis Invicti .
Please do yourself a huge favor to avoid looking like a total tool and get your knowledge about the history of the holiday from somewhere other than the back of a box of candy canes.
2006-12-01 03:13:34 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 2⤋
Thanksgiving is a harvest pageant that takes position in all cultures and backgrounds. that is a popularity given to the pageant contained in the US. Wiccans are the most deserving to have a good time seeing that their faith is contained in the land and nature. An athiest can thank Archer-Daniels-Midland or Del Monte or a dairy cooperative for bringing nutrition to the persons. The Aztecs had harvest gala's for hundreds of years, and that is contained in the Asian cultures from before the time of JC. in case you opt for to thank a deity, it is your proper to finish that. i'm an agnostic now no longer denying nor believing in any faith or any prepared crew. if you're no longer contained in the united states, and thinking that is 1AM the following PST, how are you celebrating the pilgrams and local individuals first night meal of their harvest? you may opt for even if that "suited answer" you want, yet it truly is the perfect one.
2016-11-28 03:44:40 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I'm celebrating the Birth of Mithras, Sol Invictus, and Saturnia, which predate your Jesus.
So ... why are you celebrating a pagan holiday again?
Christmas tree? Pagan.
Mistletoe? Pagan.
Giving of gifts? Pagan (remember: the wisemen showed up when Jesus was a TODDLER, not at his birth).
Some Christian you are, getting involved in pagan holidays. I may be an atheist, but I gotta hand it to 'em... Jehova's Witnesses get this one right.
2006-12-01 03:08:32 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 5⤊ 2⤋
As an Atheist, I celebrate the holiday as it was originally intended: as a celelbration of the Winter Solstice and a 'return of the sun'.
I was only much later that the holiday was associated with the birth of Jesus.
2006-12-01 03:08:19 · answer #10 · answered by Robert E 2 · 3⤊ 2⤋
You'z makin us looks bad.
Not all atheist celebrate the day. Atheist are human. Seeing joy on children, mates faces...is a reason enough. It IS a commercial holiday, now, anyways.
You can be a vegetarian or a vegan.
2006-12-01 03:07:40 · answer #11 · answered by TCFKAYM 4 · 5⤊ 1⤋