What do atheist teach their children?

Question

Do they celebrate Christmas, Easter, etc?

Answer 1

We teach them:
To love life and live it to the fullest.
To enjoy every moment that you have on this earth because one day it will end.
To decide what they want to do with their lives and do it whole heartedly.
To learn from my example
My example:
To know of the diversity of life and accept it for what it is.
To always be truthful and honest because its the easier path since lies are hard to keep up with and you'll always be found out and loose your credibility with others.
To speak out against injustice and help those who are in need for one day you may need that same help.
To be who you are no matter what people say about you.
the list goes on and on.

We don't celebrate 'holidays' but we do birthdays and vacations and secular celebrations like the 4th of July and things like that.

Answer 2

Trust me, atheists can enjoy Christmas and Easter as much as Christians. The most enjoyable things about both holidays come from pagan sources anyways. You remove the gifts, decoration, and the tree from x-mas; and the bunny and eggs from Easter... neither would be as widely celebrated as they are now.

Though I'm not actually an atheist.

Answer 3

Yes, I think most atheists still celebrate these holidays. Because realistically, Christmas has as much significance as a gift-giving holiday as it does a religious holiday. As for Easter, well I don't celebrate Easter myself, and thus my kids probably won't, but who knows?

My parents aren't atheist, they are both (non-practicing) Catholics. They raised us without religion (for certain reasons, not to be gotten into here) yet we still had these holidays. For our family, Jesus and church have nothing to do with Christmas. Rather, it's a time to share presents and spend time with our relatives.

Answer 4

We celebrate Christmas and Easter and we aren't Christian. We celebrate Yule (all twelve days 12/21-1/1) and Christmas with our family. We celebrate Ostara (3/21) and Easter with our family.

Answer 5

Many celebrate Christmas as a social holiday. There are other holidays around that time, and I know several who celebrate the solstice. Easter is less of an issue, although chocolate bunnies and marshmallow peeps are simply an excuse to give kids a sugar rush.

Atheists also celebrate Valentine's day and other holidays, too. It's not like we resign from the human race.

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Answer 6

Christmas has become a global holiday for gift giving. Although, Christianity may not be practiced universally around the world in the societies that recognize Christmas, it's recognized for it's universal values. Giving and Charity are highly promoted around the world during Christmas season. I spent two weeks in November and December in Singapore, a predominantly Buddhist country with large populations of Hindus and Muslims, and there were magnificent Christmas trees and lights all over the city. While the US is torn by the ridiculous debate of whether putting Christmas trees up is offensive or not, Asian countries display an abundance of Christmas trees in celebration of the holiday of giving and charity.

Giving is not a solely Christian concept.... it's a human one.!!!

Answer 7

Anyone can celebrate a holiday. That does not mean that they have to add the religious part of it to their daily routine. Not even Christians fully understand why we celecbrate the holidays in the way that we do. Just because someone is an athiest does not mean they are going to teach their children to be mean and rude. They do all of the things that Christians do. And most of them even say "Oh, my god!" when they hurt themselves or find something shocking. (Notice the lower case G.)

Answer 8

Christmas is quite a secular holiday of late. True, it was intended to celebrate the birth of Christ, but it has become so secular that many non-Christians celebrate it as well.

Some atheists don't celebrate such holidays, some do. Most don't celebrate Easter.

Atheists typically teach their children to think for themselves.

Answer 9

I'm not an atheist but the atheist that I know are Good Moral People. They celebrate Christmas without God involved.

Answer 10

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