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Originally posted by kirksey957Please! Don't ruin my turkey day tomorrow. 🙂
Admit it! I am your cocaine.
Originally posted by aardvarkhomeactually my Celtic cousin the questions were not directed towards Christians but to atheists, for it seems a little sad that they should be forced into something with religious connotations when professing none! or perhaps its just practicality!
Yes, of course. Why do christians celebrate christmas, derived as it is from prechristian festivals?
Originally posted by robbie carrobieHey robbie, take care wi dat flu🙂
hi it is just a simple question with no hidden agenda, but i could not find out if this was true or not, i just want to know if atheists celebrate Christmas and thanksgiving and other religious holidays, or if there are any atheistic celebrations, like i dunno, the repeal of blasphemy laws, or the initiating and implementation of the universal declar ...[text shortened]... really that much about religion anyway so probably you could get away with it
regards Robbie
Originally posted by robbie carrobieI go home over the Christmas holidays to visit my family as it is the longest school holiday for my son and my sisters children. It also includes a number of public holidays thus reducing the number of leave days I must apply for, and in the past the company closed down over the Christmas week anyway (even though most of the employees are Muslim).
hi it is just a simple question with no hidden agenda, but i could not find out if this was true or not, i just want to know if atheists celebrate Christmas and thanksgiving and other religious holidays, or if there are any atheistic celebrations, like i dunno, the repeal of blasphemy laws, or the initiating and implementation of the universal declar ...[text shortened]... really that much about religion anyway so probably you could get away with it
regards Robbie
Originally posted by robbie carrobieI certainly celebrate Christmas, I also celebrate every other day of the year. I adhere to the old adage "yesterday is history, tomorrow is a mystery, today is a gift, that's why it is called the present. The exuberance of living has no need to wait for a particular day. Just because I cannot accept the existence of God, does not give me the right to deny His Son a happy birthday, as long as I don't have to get an invitation to the party.
hi it is just a simple question with no hidden agenda, but i could not find out if this was true or not, i just want to know if atheists celebrate Christmas and thanksgiving and other religious holidays, or if there are any atheistic celebrations, like i dunno, the repeal of blasphemy laws, or the initiating and implementation of the universal declar ...[text shortened]... really that much about religion anyway so probably you could get away with it
regards Robbie
Originally posted by robbie carrobieCelebrating Christmas is different things to different people. I'm an atheist, have been from a reasonably young age. Only ever went to church with my religious extended family, and to be honest have always thought it was all a bit silly really. But that's simply my opinion. Anyway Christmas is celebrated in my house, none of us are religious, parents, brother. Its an excuse for us all to get to together eat turkey and brussel sprouts and get drunk. Mainly thought to us the whole holiday is a celebration of the end a year, good or bad, and the bringing in of the new year.
hi it is just a simple question with no hidden agenda, but i could not find out if this was true or not, i just want to know if atheists celebrate Christmas and thanksgiving and other religious holidays, or if there are any atheistic celebrations, like i dunno, the repeal of blasphemy laws, or the initiating and implementation of the universal declar ...[text shortened]... really that much about religion anyway so probably you could get away with it
regards Robbie
Originally posted by robbie carrobieI cannot speak for other atheists because every person is different -obviously same would celebrate Christmas and some wouldn’t.
hi it is just a simple question with no hidden agenda, but i could not find out if this was true or not, i just want to know if atheists celebrate Christmas and thanksgiving and other religious holidays, or if there are any atheistic celebrations, like i dunno, the repeal of blasphemy laws, or the initiating and implementation of the universal declar ...[text shortened]... really that much about religion anyway so probably you could get away with it
regards Robbie
Originally posted by robbie carrobieYes, I celebrate Christmas. The holiday has been secularized to such an extent that I see no contradiction there. It is a time to celebrate family and togetherness, not Jesus. Who, I might add, was NOT born on December 25th. He wasn't assigned that birthday until the 5th century. That fact, coupled with Christmas' pagan roots, causes me to wonder why Christians celebrate it. And, of course, there are some who do not, for those very reasons.
hi it is just a simple question with no hidden agenda, but i could not find out if this was true or not, i just want to know if atheists celebrate Christmas and thanksgiving and other religious holidays, or if there are any atheistic celebrations, like i dunno, the repeal of blasphemy laws, or the initiating and implementation of the universal declar ...[text shortened]... really that much about religion anyway so probably you could get away with it
regards Robbie
Originally posted by rwingettAnd Christians doesn't know what day Christ was born.
Many atheists I know celebrate Darwin's birthday as 'Darwin Day.' You see, we actually know when he was born (February 12th).
Originally posted by rwingettAs far as I know nobody knows when Jesus was born so I see nothing wrong with Christians picking a day for the celebration. The Anglican Church, as do many other denominations, countries and other bodies have many many holidays, 'feats days' or other types of special day who's date has no real link to whatever is being celebrated.
Yes, I celebrate Christmas. The holiday has been secularized to such an extent that I see no contradiction there. It is a time to celebrate family and togetherness, not Jesus. Who, I might add, was NOT born on December 25th. He wasn't assigned that birthday until the 5th century. That fact, coupled with Christmas' pagan roots, causes me to wonder why Christians celebrate it. And, of course, there are some who do not, for those very reasons.
Originally posted by PalynkaIt varies from family to family and depends on culture, religion, country etc. Some of my family go to Church on Christmas day and the children act a Christmas play telling the story of Jesus' birth and generally do try to keep Jesus in the picture.
Christmas nowadays is more about the family than Christ.