so far you have asked atheists why they celebrate christmas, or told us that its wrong etc..something to that effect, 601 times. If 20 people answered each time that means youve been told 12,020 times that its a pagan holiday. When will you stop asking such a stupid question?
it really does show us that nothing ever sinks in with you guys.
2007-12-03 04:33:09 · 32 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
As a Christian, I will be the first to smack myself in the forehead at some of the goofy questions my fellow Christians ask in an attempt to "shake up" atheists and other opponents. Too many like to deal with surface issues instead of going to the core of a problem or dissagreement, or just plain provoke their opponent instead of actually discussing an issue or making a point.
Why do atheists celebrate Christmas? Who cares, that is their perogative, and it is largely inconsequential. We ought to concern ourselves with deeper matters.
2007-12-03 04:47:13 · answer #1 · answered by The Link 4 · 3⤊ 0⤋
My math shows that the 601 questions asked divided by the square root of Christians within the Yahoo community = who cares. Atheists ask the same questions over and over as well do Christians. Move on it is Christmas time that means the whole pagan/christian Christmas theme will be repeated in the hundreds if not thousands of times. I think I am going to just take a sabbatical from yahoo until the whole X-mas things blows over anyway. That way I do not ahve to read anymore of these mind numbing questions.
2007-12-03 04:40:38 · answer #2 · answered by Jason J 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋
I know that Christmas is a Pagan Holiday, so is Halloween and many other holidays. It has also become American Tradition to have a huge tree, decorate and have a feast, as well as Thanksgiving.
Most Christians celebrate NOT because of the Pagan holidays, but Tradition. I however am a christian and I celebrate Jesus Birth ( yes I know he was not born in December, but in spring) I think alot of it goes with Tradition and many think that Christmas is in the Bible but they are wrong. Please do not Refer to ALL Chritians asking the same thing over and over, most do not. And for the ones that do, might be starting out on thier Journey of Education, and have to learn somehow.
2007-12-03 04:39:20 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 1⤋
I know, I think the same thing every time I see an overasked question.
The one I am absolutely sick of seeing is:
"Why are there atheists in the R&S section?"
--asked 1,420 times, which means that if they've gotten 20 answers per question, then they have been told that atheists have a right to be here too at least 18,400 times. Talk about thick skulls!
2007-12-03 05:08:01 · answer #4 · answered by Bookworm 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Christmas is at least ninty-five percent Pagan . The evergreen , mistletoe , gift giving , visiting ,celebrating , wearing of best clothes , everything but the star and the manger is directly from the Pagan Return of Light holiday.
2007-12-03 04:53:48 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
If pagans have a celebration on your birthday, then it means you can't celebrate your birthday that day without being accused of paganism?
If in the Christmas day you celebrate any other thing then the birth of Jesus Christ, then you are not celebrating Christmas as Christians understand it, you celebrate something else.
Christians ask you this question because they don't realize that in fact some people are celebrating something else then Jesus's birth on Christmas. But you should explain them.
Hope I helped.
2007-12-03 04:48:13 · answer #6 · answered by Even Haazer 4 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Some will ask until they get the answer they want. For that question, it would be "Because we are bent and broken, knowing that we need God's glorious love to get us through the day but too proud to admit it. So we celebrate His Son's birthday in a vain attempt to grasp after that which we can never have: True happiness." That's the only answer that would meet their confirmation bias. Remember the questions a few weeks back about Anthony Flew's "conversion" from atheist to believer? There was no mention about him stating quite plainly that the God he envisioned had no similarity to the God of any major religion. They were just happy that the guy who gave us the "No true Scotsman" logical fallacy switched sides.
2007-12-03 04:43:04 · answer #7 · answered by Rev. Still Monkeys 6 · 0⤊ 2⤋
Meg - Do yourself a favour and learn some history. Even most Christians understand that Christmas isn't the day of Jesus' birth, just a day to celebrate it. By saying that, you really show your stupidity.
2007-12-03 16:30:11 · answer #8 · answered by skame 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Being a Catholic, i've got self assurance that maximum Christians waste there time being pseudo-theologians and not sufficient time doing solid deeds. and you're ideal, Christians might desire to be spending greater time reflecting on their ideals on an identical time as leaving Atheists on my own. If somebody tells me they're Atheist, i comprehend that there recommendations is already made up. howdy Christians obtainable, faith does not make for polite communique.
2016-10-18 23:58:12 · answer #9 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
back at you, bud! It seems to me that the main debate in this section goes on and on between the Christians and the atheists - it's like pounding sand - neither are going to persuade the other. And, in my opinion, the question having been asked and answered that many times - be done with it.
Can we move on to something more productive? Like, how to achieve world peace? How to save starving children? How to cure aids and cancer? These are worthy pursuits whether you believe in god or not.
2007-12-03 04:40:13 · answer #10 · answered by Kelly T 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋