Do Atheists and Agnostics celebrate holidays?

Question

Reminder: The word "Holiday" comes from the two words "Holy Day"

I just want to know if there are specific Atheist Holidays, celebrated by all Atheists on the same day.

And Brooke, just so you know, I only celebrate the Christian holidays because the rest of my family is Catholic. I am a Muslim and also celebrate the Islamic holidays as well.

Answer 1

Of course! Why wouldn't they celebrate President's Day or Martin Luther King Jr's birthday (both legal holidays in the USA).

Just because the word "Holiday" may have come from "Holy Day" it doesn't mean that the meaning has remained. Just like Christmas evolved out of the Roman festival Saturnalia, and Easter came from the Pagan festival Ostara, it obviously doesn't mean they haven't changed over the years.

A Holiday has nothing to do with a Holy Day anymore.

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Answer 2

Yep holiday is derived from Holy Day. Another good question would be should Christians celebrate Holidays, as most of them are really mutations of Pagan Holy Days?

I guess the J Witnesses don't but the rest of Christianity seems to have no problem cutting down a tree and brining it into the house in December. They then put presents around and under the tree. This is really a form of Pagan worship of Nature. I wonder if Jesus gets upset looking down at his birthday celebration being given to a pine tree?

Answer 3

Yes, atheists and agnostics celebrate holidays.


Although the origin of the word "holiday" is Holy Day, many holidays are secular in nature, and not holy at all. Because of this, the word "holiday" has lost most of its religious significance.

In England, "holiday" has the same denotative meaning as the United States "vacation."

Answer 4

Jehovah's Witnesses are neither agnostic nor atheists, but they don't celebrate holidays. Conversely, many agnostics and atheists celebrate holidays simply because they're fun and a traditional part of our lives. Holidays are just days, and I think they say more about culture than they do about religion or spirituality, regardless of the root of the word.

Answer 5

A day off is a day off. I might not "celebrate" particularly but I'll take a rest on the same Pagan holidays as the Christians do, because those are the days I get off here.

And etymology doesn't mean anything. "To testify" comes from the Roman legal requirement to hold one's testicles while pronouncing a truth; "seminar" and "seminary" come from "seed bed", which has the same root as "semen". You can look those up. Language changes constantly. Get used to it, because it's not going to stop soon.

Answer 6

The word has evolved (uh-oh, leave it to an atheist to incorporate evolution in his argument, but even words change their meanings over a period of time) to mean any day that has been given a certain significance. Do I celebrate holidays, of course.

Answer 7

Theoretically:
Agnostics would celebrate all holidays, "just in case."
Aetheists would celebrate only non-religious holidays, aka anniversaries of events.
(Ground Hog's Day just passed, and Presidents' Day is coming up here in the USA)

Answer 8

I rejoice all of them. I merely like the decorations and all. i think of of Christmas as a time to purely carry close out with friends and family members, enjoying video games, eating good nutrition. we do no longer rather do lots of provides. Easter is in all probability the single i do no longer do lots for, I even have some wonderful decorations and hubby and that i'm getting one yet another somewhat candy yet that's it. you are able to rejoice any holiday although you like, there are no longer any policies and you're in no way a hypocrite. actual all holiday trips have merely grew to become into the thank you to get human beings to spend a gaggle of money besides.

Answer 9

I celebrate holidays without any consideration of religious significance they might have.

Answer 10

yeah and all your Christian holidays were ripped off from pagans - so do you celebrate holidays?