RE: Atheist and Christmas
November 10, 2015 at 4:10 pm
(This post was last modified: November 10, 2015 at 4:17 pm by Simon Moon.)
(November 10, 2015 at 2:13 pm)MattB Wrote: Atheist and Christmas
I was wondering if Atheist celebrate Christmas in any way and if they allow their kids to?
We have a man here that he and his family deck out their property with lights and such just no religion to it. Yes they exchange gifts.
So was wondering how other atheist did it?
Christmas, the way it is celebrated in the US is mostly a secular holiday, with many more roots in paganism, than Christianity.
The tree, mistletoe, Santa Claus, giving gifts, holly wreaths, yule log, stockings, decorating with lights and almost every other Christmas tradition is Pagan from centuries before Christianity . The holiday is mostly based on Saturnalia with some Norse pagan myths tossed in.
For me, Christmas is nothing more than a time for friends and family to get together and celebrate. A time to enjoy great food and have a great time. I have no problems at all celebrating it.
You'd believe if you just opened your heart" is a terrible argument for religion. It's basically saying, "If you bias yourself enough, you can convince yourself that this is true." If religion were true, people wouldn't need faith to believe it -- it would be supported by good evidence.
