Question all you Atheists

Not trying to start a big religious debate or anything but i was just wondering, do you guys celebrate Christmas? I mean it is Christmas, the day we celebrate the birth of the founder of the Christian religion Christ.Blitz_Nemesis

[QUOTE="Blitz_Nemesis"]Not trying to start a big religious debate or anything but i was just wondering, do you guys celebrate Christmas? I mean it is Christmas, the day we celebrate the birth of the founder of the Christian religion Christ.harashawn

No one actually care about the religious aspect of it anymore anyway, besides its an excuss to get together with your family and have a good timeDarth-Caedus

Pretty much.

No matter what it was originally, Christmas is now a religious holiday only for people who choose to look at it that way.

[QUOTE="Blitz_Nemesis"]Not trying to start a big religious debate or anything but i was just wondering, do you guys celebrate Christmas? I mean it is Christmas, the day we celebrate the birth of the founder of the Christian religion Christ.harashawn

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I. . .what??

No one actually care about the religious aspect of it anymore anyway, besides its an excuss to get together with your family and have a good timeDarth-Caedus

Exactly.

Just an excuse to get free stuff really.

And I like decorating the tree as a family and all that, but thats really a pagan tradition originally so I am still not doing anything Christian related.

[QUOTE="Blitz_Nemesis"]Not trying to start a big religious debate or anything but i was just wondering, do you guys celebrate Christmas? I mean it is Christmas, the day we celebrate the birth of the founder of the Christian religion Christ.harashawn

Christmas is based on pagan celebration, as many of you likely know.

http://www.simpletoremember.com/vitals/Christmas_TheRealStory.htm

has to be the most ironic Christian holiday ever. i actually know some staunch Christians that refuse to celebrate Christmas due to it's pagan roots and symbology (xmas trees, wreaths, etc.).

Christmas is based on pagan celebration, as many of you likely know.

http://www.simpletoremember.com/vitals/Christmas_TheRealStory.htm

has to be the most ironic Christian holiday ever. i actually know some staunch Christians that refuse to celebrate Christmas due to it's pagan roots and symbology (xmas trees, wreaths, etc.).

3picuri3

Christmas is based on pagan celebration, as many of you likely know.

http://www.simpletoremember.com/vitals/Christmas_TheRealStory.htm

has to be the most ironic Christian holiday ever. i actually know some staunch Christians that refuse to celebrate Christmas due to it's pagan roots and symbology (xmas trees, wreaths, etc.).

3picuri3

[QUOTE="harashawn"][QUOTE="Blitz_Nemesis"]Not trying to start a big religious debate or anything but i was just wondering, do you guys celebrate Christmas? I mean it is Christmas, the day we celebrate the birth of the founder of the Christian religion Christ.Theokhoth

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I. . .what??

[QUOTE="Darth-Caedus"]No one actually care about the religious aspect of it anymore anyway, besides its an excuss to get together with your family and have a good timeUnrighteousFury

Pretty much.

No matter what it was originally, Christmas is now a religious holiday only for people who choose to look at it that way.

I don't beleive in god

but scientific evidense suggests that he was a real person

so son of god or not

If I get free presents in honor of his B-Day

COUNT ME IN! :D

What? Jesus was Jewish. harashawn

He was also convicted of blasphemy against Judaism due to his radical new teachings that eventually developed a large following of people who continued to spread His teachings.

Hence, a new religion.

[QUOTE="harashawn"] What? Jesus was Jewish. Theokhoth

He was also convicted of blasphemy against Judaism due to his radical new teachings that eventually developed a large following of people who continued to spread His teachings.

Hence, a new religion.

He was also convicted of blasphemy against Judaism due to his radical new teachings that eventually developed a large following of people who continued to spread His teachings.

Hence, a new religion.

Theokhoth

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[QUOTE="harashawn"] What? Jesus was Jewish. Genetic_Code

He was also convicted of blasphemy against Judaism due to his radical new teachings that eventually developed a large following of people who continued to spread His teachings.

Hence, a new religion.

No one actually care about the religious aspect of it anymore anyway, besides its an excuss to get together with your family and have a good timeDarth-Caedus

I still "care about the religious aspect of it".

Christmas has never been about religion, its a winter festival at it's root and got tied up with the birth of Jesus along the way(who wasn't born on the 25th).

Merry Xmas

[QUOTE="Darth-Caedus"]No one actually care about the religious aspect of it anymore anyway, besides its an excuss to get together with your family and have a good timeCurlyfrii87

I still "care about the religious aspect of it".

I know many atheists who celebrate christmas..I'm not 100% atheist and I still celebrate.

[QUOTE="Blitz_Nemesis"]Not trying to start a big religious debate or anything but i was just wondering, do you guys celebrate Christmas? I mean it is Christmas, the day we celebrate the birth of the founder of the Christian religion Christ.harashawn

Not trying to start a big religious debate or anything but i was just wondering, do you guys celebrate Christmas? I mean it is Christmas, the day we celebrate the birth of the founder of the Christian religion Christ.Blitz_Nemesis

Christmas is now as much of a secular holiday as it is a religious one. Isn't that obvious by now? See Halloween if you need a transitional example.

I doubt there are many atheists that would celebrate the birth of Jesus. Presents and family on the other hand...domatron23

But seriously, what does that have to do with it? harashawn

That the holiday was never really related to Christianity anyway (the celebration methods came from pagan rituals, too), which means it doesn't make much sense for people to see a problem with atheists celebrating it as well. It's basically a day on which some early Christians just randomly decided "okay we're gonna take a pagan holiday and name it after Jesus".

This is especially true in modern times. How much Christmas displays or decorations do you see that actually have anything at all to do with the birth of Jesus compared to the total number of them? That includes lights, ornaments, Christmas trees, Santa Claus...

[QUOTE="domatron23"]I doubt there are many atheists that would celebrate the birth of Jesus. Presents and family on the other hand...SaintLeonidas

I disagree. It's not laughable. Many people including myself still celebrate Christmas as a religious holiday. With that said, I don't see anything wrong with any one celebrating Christmas regardless of their beliefs.