If you do why? If you don't well than.... But before celebrating something shouldn't you know what it is that your celebrating? It's not santa because we all know he is not real. So therefore the truth is that it is the day that we observe Christ's birthday.
2007-09-06 22:17:29 · 19 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Brother as much as I hate saying it. The truth is you need to be preaching to the church on this rather than the heathen. They aren't interested and the church has forgotten the reason for the season.
2007-09-10 21:10:56 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Well truth be told..... If in fact Jesus was born then he was born in the springtime. That has been looked into and the facts brought together.
Christmas was a holiday brought forth by the early christian church to "cover up" the pagan holiday of Yule.
Yuletide greetings sound familiar?
But yes I guess I can say that I do celebrate christmas, but not really christmas but the holiday season as a whole.
It's a time of fellowship and friendship when everyone gets in the mood to get together and have a great time.
So Jesus really isn't the reason for the season....
2007-09-07 06:51:27 · answer #2 · answered by Rebecca 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Early Christians, to win over pagans of that era, made an ancient pagan festival day, Dec. 25th, the 'birthday' of Jesus. Word as it has come down is that he was born in April. Yes, any atheist with kids...I have three...would join in the celebration of that old pagan holiday, put up a tree and all the rest. Why wouldn't we? Fundies do their best to demonize us, but the fact is, we're really just folks--we work, we pay taxes, we vote, we go see our children play baseball or soccer, we go out for dinner, we see plays and movies, we join civic and social organizations, etc., etc. And we do not want to destroy the American system of government and replace it with a theocracy--that's a major difference between atheists and anti-American Christian fundamentalists.
2007-09-07 06:03:35 · answer #3 · answered by Yank 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
How do you manage to word your question in such a way that you sound arrogant and preachy all at once.
You assume that atheists don't know the stories and meanings of Christmas...
just because we don't believe does not mean we are totally ignorant... more non believers might even have bothered to look into the real reason for your winter festivities than most Christans have.
The truth according to whom?
The Truth seems to be a somewhat subjective term on this site, so using it does not really mean that much to many people.
As for your question, no I don't - although we do have a tree and do the present thing for my son's sake.
2007-09-07 05:28:54 · answer #4 · answered by HP 5 · 4⤊ 0⤋
Yeah, why not? Just because I don't believe the stories behind the holiday doesn't mean I can't get together with friends and family and exchange presents. A lot of non-believers were raised by religious parents, so the holiday also has a lot of nice associations with our past. Should we exclude ourselves from family get-togethers on Christmas because we don't believe, but our loved ones do? I mean, I don't believe in ghosts and monsters either, but I still dig Halloween.
2007-09-07 05:35:19 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
oh dear me
you obviously dont know your own history either
it is not Christs birthday
so before you judge what others do
learn some facts
it was a Pagan holiday , it was " borrowed " to convert Pagans to Christianity
Jesus was not born in December
and I celebrate Christmas because I have family that do
although I understand all reasons for doing so
2007-09-07 05:26:00 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 6⤊ 0⤋
I have celebrated Christmas since I was only months old. It was one of the most joyful, harmonious family-oriented times I can recall, growing up in a Presbyterian/United Christian home.
Now that I'm agnostic, I celebrate the spirit of Christmas, the music, the get-togethers, the laughter, the pretty lights, the crazy commercial hype, the choosing of gifts, wrapping them, hiding them and finally slipping them under the tree. I know all about the Christian meaning of Christmas and it's the only Christian holiday I respect just for what it is.
I NEVER say, Happy holidays." I ALWAYS wish people a Merry Christmas. If they don't like it they can blow it ......
LOL
I also celebrate Divali with my Hindu friends, say, "Kung Hei Fat Choi," to people at Chinese New Year and wish "Happy Eid" to complete strangers, girls wearing hijabs on Toronto streets and they laugh and thank me. I think if we all respected each other's differences instead of cursing each other with hell and eternal damnation .... well. You know.
PS. .I prefer to refer to myself as "non-religious." Thank you.
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2007-09-07 05:43:51 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 4⤊ 0⤋
Bah, I don't celebrate my own birthdays let alone some imaginary dude's....I celebrate Christmas cause the underline theme is family, giving, charity, and good will towards men. It's just a really nice atmosphere and brings out the good in people....
F.Y.I, it was also a stolen pagan holiday....
2007-09-07 05:28:57 · answer #8 · answered by Dr. Facepalm 5 · 6⤊ 0⤋
I am almost forced to because I can't work and everything is closed and my friends have home-made food! I usually buy 1 or 2 gifts for the kids but no X-mas shopping, but bad downtown traffic and X-mas music in Walgreen's. No caroling or trees. No last-minute anything or feelings of depression or loneliness. There is enough Jews, Muslims, Buddhists and Atheists here to get a game of hoops.
2007-09-07 05:32:02 · answer #9 · answered by Mutley 6 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Christmas was never about Jesus. It was a stolen holiday.
In any case, most rational people just see Christmas as a day to be with family, etcetera. Pretty much its a theme called "The Holiday Season."
Hell, maybe we should change the name Christmas back to whatever the pagans originally called it... then we wouldn't have to worry about this problem.
2007-09-07 05:38:50 · answer #10 · answered by Jadochop 6 · 1⤊ 1⤋