2006-12-26 08:17:51 · 12 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Cultures & Groups ➔ Other - Cultures & Groups
They don't celebrate it as a religious holiday.
Plus if an atheist hates religion, they are hypocrites since atheism is a faith. After all you have to believe that there is no God since there isn't proof to support either side of the argument.
Also, someone doesn't have to hate something just because they don't believe it.
2006-12-26 08:28:03 · answer #1 · answered by Mark 1 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Atheists don't hate religion, most just don't see the logic behind religion.
Christmas is not the day Jesus was born, it is a pagan holiday that was converted to a christian holiday basically to get the pagans to celbrate. Most religious scholars agree that Jesus' birth date could not have been Christmas.
Christmas isn't necessarily about religion for a lot of people, it is about spending time with family. It has been horribly commercialized to focus soley on the gift aspect, but the true spirit of Christmas is friends and family.
I am not religous and I celebrate Christmas with my family. It's a joyous time of year. We love giving gifts, playing games and feasting together. It's not all about religion.
2006-12-26 16:32:13 · answer #2 · answered by TMH 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I am not an atheist but I believe I can answer this. They celebrate it as a Santa and Snowman kind of thing, not a religious holiday. And I don't think they all hate religion they just don't believe. But yes some can be very hateful about it.
2006-12-26 16:21:48 · answer #3 · answered by Umm Ali 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
As an athiest, I OBSERVE Christmas, out of respect for those I love that do celebrate the holiday. I do not CELEBRATE the birth of Christ as an earth-shattering world event.
I don't hate religion. I just find it to be useless in the application of my everyday life. Like a packet of tampons to a man.
2006-12-26 16:32:39 · answer #4 · answered by Ashley 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Atheists may simply look at it as a day of gift exchanging & celebration. There is not any concrete evidence for the birth of Christ, or for that matter anything in the Bible or of any religious sect. It's merely a belief or (in this case) a non-belief.
No, I am not an Atheist or Agnostic, just a realist on this subject (from my prospective only).
Most religious deities gives man (human) "free will"...and that's the way this cookie crumbles...
2006-12-26 16:27:59 · answer #5 · answered by R C 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Who says they hate religion. I'm atheists just because I don't fallow any religion. But i don't hate anything or anyone.
And christmas isn't jesus' real birthday (it's in April) so therefor christmas is just a holiday of giving and sharing and loving... everyone has those things.
2006-12-26 16:29:42 · answer #6 · answered by Joseph K 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Atheists don't hate religion, we just don't believe in it.
Also, Christmas is a pagan holiday actually, it simply coincides with the date some believe is Jesus Christ's birth.
2006-12-26 16:25:58 · answer #7 · answered by brad_left_jenn_for_me 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Some folks are just knuckleheads, don't you think.
Christmas is a national holiday. Therefore it is everyone's holiday regardless of religion etc.
For silly militant Christians they think Christmas is theirs and theirs alone. Wrong! Since Christmas is forced down the throats of everyone, it belongs to everyone.
It's about religion for those silly militant Christians. For others, atheists, agnostics, buddhists, hindus, muslims, jews, whoever, its about whatever they want it to be about.
2006-12-26 17:07:59 · answer #8 · answered by Hank Hill 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
If you haven't noticed Christmas has lost most of its religious appeal and is now more of a holiday for marketing as we all go wild with the credit cards and bank accounts to shower are family and friends with gifts.
2006-12-26 16:26:33 · answer #9 · answered by BluLizard 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Because they are celebrating the Winter Solstice and participating in the accompanying mass merchandising we must endure.
2006-12-26 16:39:39 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋