Athiests, no offence intended so, as my son asked me this question yesterday, and i did'nt know the answer....So my question is..Do Athiests believe in Christmas??? I mean ...Do you celebrate it??
2007-12-06 00:45:44 · 20 answers · asked by †100% Angel† 6 in Entertainment & Music ➔ Polls & Surveys
I must add also that i don't hold anything against anyone's beliefs...each to their own me thinks, as long as its goodness you're promoting..Thanks..Smiles from me...x x
2007-12-06 00:47:53 · update #1
ok, so am i wrong in thinking Christmas is about Christ???
2007-12-06 00:51:50 · update #2
no you are not wrong. the meaning of Christmas is to Celebrated Christ Birthday and if anyone who wants to join him on Celebrating his Birthday than who are we to jugde them and say no. I remember in this qouate that Christ said in the Bible. is that don't turn away people who believe me or want to believe me and another one is that when Christ was eating dinner at someone else whom I forgot his name. they were a few children came running to the room where Christ was having or eating his dinner and the owner of the house told those Children to go away and Jesus said no. Don't kick them away because Heaven is for Children and they have a place up there with me. so which mean that He love Children and love any body who love him and carousel him and he also love any body who don't like or love him or believe in him. he loves everybody and so I don't mean that only Christians can Celebrated Christ Birthday so if Atheist want to join and help Christ Celebrated his birthday than tell them that they are welcome to come. so just tell your lovely Children that Christ accept anyone and I don't know if Atheists believe or celebrated Christmas but I think they do because this is the only year that family come together and Celebrated Jesus being born. so every body or everyone is welcome.
2007-12-06 22:38:32 · answer #1 · answered by ? 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
No atheists don't believe in anything religious, Christmas, Easter etc. they don't celebrate it, that's what Atheism is not believing. We do however join in the fun of parties cos that's nothing do to with religion, but I don't watch Queenie give her speech or sing carols etc and have ugly little baby jesus ornaments about. Anyway Christmas is a pagan festival and nothing to do with religion really. It was just adopted by the christian faith and turned into a religious festival.
2007-12-06 11:10:08 · answer #2 · answered by Soup Dragon 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I'm an atheist and I didn't use to celebrate Christmas but my roommates and friends like it so I go along with it. Of course I don't believe in any of the mythology having to do with Christmas but I don't think I'm hypocritical for that. I just see the holiday as an excuse to have fun and good times and exchange gifts with my friends.
2007-12-06 08:54:12 · answer #3 · answered by Meatball 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I don't believe in God or any of that stuff, but we do celebrate Christmas. It's just a tradition
Hey Badgers, don't forget the bit about Jesus being born in 7 BC, I always like that bit!!
2007-12-06 08:50:04 · answer #4 · answered by reggie 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Christmas has virtually nothing to do with religion. If you want proof, don't give your son any presents and tell him you gave them to god, and see how he reacts. I believe in the spirit of Christmas but not the god part.
2007-12-06 08:49:51 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
lol of course we do. you tell me what christmas has to do with the birth of jesus???
cos i always thought it was an old pagan winter celebration that the murdering christians stole and said "hey, we needs to celebrate the birth of jeez, when shall we do it? oh, sod it, winter will do, doesnt matter than he was born months later, nobody will notice"
2007-12-06 08:50:35 · answer #6 · answered by suet moon 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
christmas was a festival the `church `adopted it was a `pagan mid winter festival.strongly followed in variouse forms over most of europe.the church kept it to keep the many `pagan` converts it attracted.so as such it is not a `christian` festival
2007-12-06 08:58:53 · answer #7 · answered by HaSiCiT Bust A Tie A1 TieBusters 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
no not in the jesus bit but it has become for many a time of reflection and spending time with loved ones. the present giving is an opportunity to show appreciation for the people you care about in your life.
2007-12-06 08:53:05 · answer #8 · answered by ididntknodat 4 · 2⤊ 0⤋
many people probably celebrate christmas without actually believing in it.
The true meaning of christmas is often forgotten
2007-12-06 08:50:24 · answer #9 · answered by Dani 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I'm not atheists but my son, who claims to be, celebrates the holiday. It breaks my heart every time we talk about religion. He grew up going to church:)
2007-12-06 16:20:12 · answer #10 · answered by Squirt 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋