y do atheists celebrate x-mas?

Yes , they do , when they really don't have any right to ... don't have a right to revcieve presents or anything at all.Personally, I think athiests at Christmas should not get Christmas bonus , school holidays for Christmas etc.Because they don't believe in it.

Yes , they do , when they really don't have any right to ... don't have a right to revcieve presents or anything at all.Personally, I think athiests at Christmas should not get Christmas bonus , school holidays for Christmas etc.Because they don't believe in it.

Whight_Knight

is that sarcasm? i cant tell

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Yes , they do , when they really don't have any right to ... don't have a right to revcieve presents or anything at all.Personally, I think athiests at Christmas should not get Christmas bonus , school holidays for Christmas etc.Because they don't believe in it.

kbubba92

is that sarcasm? i cant tell

Good question...

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Yes , they do , when they really don't have any right to ... don't have a right to revcieve presents or anything at all.Personally, I think athiests at Christmas should not get Christmas bonus , school holidays for Christmas etc.Because they don't believe in it.

Whight_Knight

is that sarcasm? i cant tell

k

IMO...the definition of an atheist is someone who just does not care about any form of religion or religous belief. With that said, i also wonder y they celebrate christmas. But something alot of pple dont know or dont accept is that the "christmas celebration" BECAME a christian holiday from the Roman Empire. The actual christmas tree and thedecorations on the christmas tree (referring to the different colour orbs/balls)came from aCatholic tradition called Saturnalia.

Free stuff and family.

Christmas is a commercial holiday and has nothing to do with religion.Rehdyrs

It does for some people , not everyone places gifts over the real Christmas.Athiests celebrating Christmas (Yes , commercial side and all) annoys me.

Receiving a gift does not mean you celebrate jesus' birth, it means you just got a gift from your relative/friend and you don't want to be rude by forcing them to take it back.

When I give someone a present, I don't do it for any religous reason. It's just to be grateful.

You're acting as if atheists start praying on that holiday. :|

X-mas nowadays has NOTHING to do with religion, but it is more consumer oriented. It's all about buying the newest electronic for little Timmy than anything.

I think thats its sad that there is such a lack of respect for religion in todays world. But truth be told...so many things have happened in the past (as i pointed out in a previous post that got deletedfor useof a bad word.....sorry:) ) regarding religion that who knows what religion is right and what is wrong?

Its just sad.

yes but y celebrate something u dont believe in. y dont they make up a name for just the atheists like Gathering Day or somethingkbubba92

Happy Gathering Day!!!!! :lol:

Or what about Festivus. Like from Seinfeld.

And what do athiests do before eating when eveyone's gathered at the table on Thanksgiving? Does someone say a non-prayer or do you just dig in?

after all christmas came from religion and the reason it is celebrated is bc of jesus' birth. so y do atheists celebrate x-mas?kbubba92

Wrongo. Not sure if anyone has posted this before me, I haven't checked. Anyway; The celebration in December has been around since long before Jesus was born. It was just adapted by Christians. Anyway, my father and I are both athesits, yet we celebrate Xmas, it just has a different value for us. For us, it's a time to be with your family, celebrate the year that has just passed and prepare for the one around the corner. We don't think about religion at all during Xmas.

Wow. An awful lot of you are astoundingly ignorant to the fact thaat christmas is one huge piece of propaganda form Constantine. It was originally called Saturnalia and tied in with the winter solstice. this was pinched from the romans so that the transition between roman religion and christianity could be smoother. In fact, a lot of pagan ideas were included, such as halos.

This transition happened to try and avert a civil war, as Rome was rapidly fragmenting into two empires. Athiests, therefore, have just as much a right to celebrate this festival as any other group. Originaly Jesus' birth was celebrated in april.

Oi, moron saying "research" showed Jesus couldn't have been born at this time; How can this be possible as weonly have two accounts, clearly symbolic (Jesus is representing Israel during Matthews account).

Wow. An awful lot of you are astoundingly ignorant to the fact thaat christmas is one huge piece of propaganda form Constantine. It was originally called Saturnalia and tied in with the winter solstice. this was pinched from the romans so that the transition between roman religion and christianity could be smoother. In fact, a lot of pagan ideas were included, such as halos.

This transition happened to try and avert a civil war, as Rome was rapidly fragmenting into two empires. Athiests, therefore, have just as much a right to celebrate this festival as any other group. Originaly Jesus' birth was celebrated in april.

Oi, moron saying "research" showed Jesus couldn't have been born at this time; How can this be possible as weonly have two accounts, clearly symbolic (Jesus is representing Israel during Matthews account).

Mr_Mohawk

Thankyou! High five, mohawk, my man!

they're just in it for the presents

I am an athiest. and celebrate x-mas because it brings the family together, good food and preasents. the fact is my grandparnets are the religious types. you cant just say, "your an athiest, stay out in the cold and watch as we religious people eat nice food, open awesome preasents and play with fireworks(obviously not in the house).

but i think its mostly because the x-mas holiday hasnt become about the birth of jesus(at least for me it isnt) but about PRESENTS. present>xmas spirit. also the whole family thing.

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Wow. An awful lot of you are astoundingly ignorant to the fact thaat christmas is one huge piece of propaganda form Constantine. It was originally called Saturnalia and tied in with the winter solstice. this was pinched from the romans so that the transition between roman religion and christianity could be smoother. In fact, a lot of pagan ideas were included, such as halos.

This transition happened to try and avert a civil war, as Rome was rapidly fragmenting into two empires. Athiests, therefore, have just as much a right to celebrate this festival as any other group. Originaly Jesus' birth was celebrated in april.

Oi, moron saying "research" showed Jesus couldn't have been born at this time; How can this be possible as weonly have two accounts, clearly symbolic (Jesus is representing Israel during Matthews account).

basilbasil

Thankyou! High five, mohawk, my man!

*agrees with both above posts*

after all christmas came from religion and the reason it is celebrated is bc of jesus' birth. so y do atheists celebrate x-mas?kbubba92

Winter Festivals'Christmas' is actually Winter Festivals celebrated by 'the pagans'. In order to convert more, Christianity combined the Mass of Christ (Christ's Mass) and the Yule or Winter Solstice.