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II wonder if Atheists are true to their "religion", or is being an atheist an adaptable condition. How many will go to Xmas parties and have a "Jolly Good Time?"
II wonder if Atheists are true to their "religion", or is being an atheist an adaptable condition. How many will go to Xmas parties and have a "Jolly Good Time?"
I go to Christmas parties. I wish people a Merry Christmas. I exchange presents. I decorate a tree. I use the holiday.
I do not go to mass. I do not believe in the existence of any god, much less Jesus Christ.
II wonder if Atheists are true to their "religion", or is being an atheist an adaptable condition. How many will go to Xmas parties and have a "Jolly Good Time?"
Good grief. Why would they not? A party is a party. Most Christmas parties I've been to don't have a whole lot of religion to them.
II wonder if Atheists are true to their "religion", or is being an atheist an adaptable condition. How many will go to Xmas parties and have a "Jolly Good Time?"
Not this nonsense again...
Enjoying trees and presents and tinsel and candy canes are no more some sort of Christian act than your writing the name of this day of the week - Wednesday - reflects some sort of religious recognition of Odin.
It is richly ironic that virtually all aspects of Christmas in which atheists partake, partakings about about which some Christians complain, are decidedly non-Christian elements - they have pagan sources that Christians co-opted or have no religious roots whatsoever. The degree to which certain Christians strain to convince themselves that this somehow stands in opposition to what an atheist does or does not believe speaks only to the desperate needs of those Christians to convince themselves that atheism is something that it is not.
II wonder if Atheists are true to their "religion", or is being an atheist an adaptable condition. How many will go to Xmas parties and have a "Jolly Good Time?"
Are there Christians who would refuse to go to a friend's Chanukah party? What part of not believing in any gods is not being with friends and family? The last Christmas Party I was at there was zero religion involved. Is there a reason that you think that non religious and non Christians should be kept out of family or work related activities?
If one of your friends or family was getting married in a Jewish ceremony would you refuse to go due to you being a Christian?
II wonder if Atheists are true to their "religion", or is being an atheist an adaptable condition. How many will go to Xmas parties and have a "Jolly Good Time?"
A party is a party. Unless you are oversensitive and get offended easily, I cannot see this being an issue.
Enjoying trees and presents and tinsel and candy canes are no more some sort of Christian act than your writing the name of this day of the week - Wednesday - reflects some sort of religious recognition of Odin.
It is richly ironic that virtually all aspects of Christmas in which atheists partake, partakings about about which some Christians complain, are decidedly non-Christian elements - they have pagan sources that Christians co-opted or have no religious roots whatsoever. The degree to which certain Christians strain to convince themselves that this somehow stands in opposition to what an atheist does or does not believe speaks only to the desperate needs of those Christians to convince themselves that atheism is something that it is not.
This.
I'd go to a Yule and Chanukah party, too. I love the holiday season. We observe Yule (today) and Kwanzaa.
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