i was baptised as a catholic, yet i havnt been confirmed. i dont believe in god, but yet i celebrate christmas and easter. is this wrong of me, that i love both these events and dont believe in god?
2007-07-22 17:51:28 · 25 answers · asked by ilikechickenilikepizza 5 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
ok hold up, what i meant by loving these events is spending time with family, opening presents and hunting for easter eggs. its not like i do anything else on these holidays. some of you guys are making it like i love god when christmas comes >> not what im saying. im saying is it wrong to celebrate christmas if im not celebrating the real meaning of christmas ( the birth/death of christ, etc) ..... and by most of the answers it looks like its not wrong since most people here do it anyways
2007-07-22 18:09:07 · update #1
Christmas and Easter are comercial, pagan based holidays. It is possible to have holiday cheer, spend time with your family, and not worry about if you are displeasing a god.
Feel free to enjoy. Holidays are fun.
2007-07-22 17:55:02 · answer #1 · answered by atheist 6 · 0⤊ 2⤋
Nothing is wrong with celebrating an event such as Christmas or Easter. It sounds like (from what I have gathered) that you do not believe in God and celebrate the cultural aspects of these holidays. Such as the gift giving of Christmas and the Easter egg hunts of Easter (both which have nothing to do with the holidays but are mere cultural forms of celebration and commercial might I add).....
it does not matter what you have been baptised into, as a mere religious ceremony at an age where you have no idea what is going on does not make you part of anything....a child is not born a christian/muslim/hindu....at birth or at the point of a certain religious ritual...but once the person is conscience in what he/she will be believing in.....so yes that was just a blurb but you are perfectly normal for celebrating and loving to celebrate religious holidays in a purely non-religious but rather fun and capitalist oriented manner
2007-07-23 00:58:56 · answer #2 · answered by apple_kaur 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
I suggest you should always be honest with yourself. You know what these holidays (holy days) represent. Celebrate what you believe in. I ignore halloween. You can ignore Christmas and Easter...or...you could reconsider your faith.
You know God accepts honest belief, and He accepts honest disbelief. What He does not accept is dishonesty. But, if you truly believe there is no god, then I guess you can lie if you want to...or steal...or murder...or rape...
Do you want to? The choice of what you're going to do with God is a choice you cannot escape. This choice is the purpose of life. Choose well, cousin.
May God bless you and your quest for Truth.
2007-07-23 01:07:58 · answer #3 · answered by "Ski" 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
ok, so you probably celebrate gift giving and secret santa at christmas, and enjoy chocolate easter bunnies and easter egg hunts at easter....none of those things are religious....only the words christmas and easter are religious....so unless you celebrate christmas as the birth of Jesus Christ our Lord and Savior, and easter as the Resurection of Jesus and his sacrafice as our Saving Grace, then you have no business celebrating religious holidays as pagan holidays. Christmas is not santa and christmas trees, and easter has nothing to do with chocolates and baskets. what you LOVE, is ADVERTISING and MARKETING and you are the poor stupid fool that all Christmas and Easter adds are geared towards to dupe you into purchasing stuff to decorate your house, buy presents for people, and spend spend spend $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$
what you LOVE, is spending your money because someone else is telling you to subliminally!
2007-07-23 01:00:09 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
There is nothing wrong having fun in your life. Still young and unexperienced!
Just wait until you`ll experienced the hardships of life in this world, the glorious & slavery of the underworld (evilness)... the temptuous cleopatra...the violence, the war, the injustices in family, community, courts, governments and the world that would awaken you to the truth of the matter.......then the desires...of Love, Peace, Joy from within, emanates from your hearts, mind, body & soul...and you would be craving for the man who`s called to be their "God" to be with you, console you, protect and support you.
Don`t be too much proud of nothing. An unbeliever of God???
You`re just 1 "nobody" person compared to the enourmous power of a God.
I wish you`ll find your right way to God before your death...or all your chances will never come at all.
Want to give you a story:
An atheist man whose family house was burnt to ashes. While saving His family...He admitted to pray to God just to save His family.
No one else to turn to.......my friend !!!
So, Good Luck !!!
2007-07-23 01:18:42 · answer #5 · answered by ServantOfTheMostHigh 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
All the things that you have stated are wrong:
Baptized as Catholic when you are still a child- wrong.
Confirmation by the catholic priest - wrong
Not believing God - very very wrong
Still wrong on celelbrating christmas and easter- false belief of the catholics.
jtm
2007-07-23 00:58:52 · answer #6 · answered by Jesus M 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Easter and Christmas are both times of giving to others, and being with family (or friends). So I don't see how loving these times could be wrong. Unless of course, you take those opportunities to burn churches, or shoot grizzly bears or something. I hope that in time, you come to love God, but I don't think it's wrong to love a positive tradition.
2007-07-23 00:56:24 · answer #7 · answered by Neil Young meets Shastakovitch 2 · 2⤊ 1⤋
Christianity isn't about celebrating a holiday or being baptised...it's about a personal relationship with the creator...almost every american celebrates these holidays but don't believe...i wish you believed and felt God's great, unconditional love but he won't force you...you have to choose him or choose hell.
2007-07-23 00:55:36 · answer #8 · answered by Chriss 2 · 3⤊ 0⤋
The Bible states "let no man judge you for your holydays".
If you were brought up believing in God then I would be willing to bet that there is a part of you that does not agree with your so-called athiesm. And remember friend, "There is no such thing as an athiest in a foxhole"!
2007-07-23 00:58:01 · answer #9 · answered by darkehawk_1 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Both Christmas and Easter have secular aspects to them and are celebrated by non-Christians as well as Christians.
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2007-07-23 00:58:28 · answer #10 · answered by Wise@ss 4 · 1⤊ 1⤋