Comments on: An Atheist Christmas

By: Hittman

Hittman — Thu, 08 Dec 2011 01:30:04 +0000

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By: Jenessa

Jenessa — Tue, 06 Dec 2011 04:42:31 +0000

I know this is years after your original post, but would like to thank you for it. I was actually surfing the web looking for some secular answer or reason for me to celebrate the holiday season lol! I don’t know why, it doesn’t matter really, but wanted to have some sort of “answer” because I’m always questioned, like you stated, why I’m “celebrating” a christian holiday. I’ve known it’s not in the least bit a christian holiday, but wanted a better answer. What better than “because I’m free to do whatever I want!” I have two children and I don’t want to make them sit out, or divide them from their friends who are all receiving gifts, or decorating their homes, etc. I simply explain it to them as a time of the year to see family and to be thankful for each other. It’s sometimes more difficult being an atheist than it is being christian (or any religion for that matter) because i DON’T have all the answers for them. Thanks for helping out with one of those difficulties! :)

By: Dave Hitt

Dave Hitt — Wed, 27 Oct 2010 03:51:43 +0000

Thoughtless: In a perfect world a person’s religious belief would be as trivial as their favorite band or sports team. I honestly don’t care what people believe (or don’t believe) as long as it doesn’t infringe on others. And there’s the rub – religion infringes on everyone, every day, in big and small ways.

A lot of people are afraid to admit they’re atheists because of the repercussions that can result. That’s why some of us are upfront and yes, sometimes in your face, about it. As more and more people “come out” it will be easier for all of us, and more difficult for the religious to use their beliefs to shape public policy and intimated others who believe (or disbelieve) differently.

By: Yet another thoughtless post

Yet another thoughtless post — Thu, 14 Oct 2010 14:43:06 +0000

Sounds like you got butthurt as a child, so you rebelled to piss off your parents.

But anyways, that sounds like the exact same way I celebrate Christmas. I grew up in a devout Southern Baptist home, with pastors on all sides of my family. Only difference is that I got to set up nativity scenes with my mother as a child. It’s one of my most fond moments of mother-son bonding time. Strange, just how “secular” your Christmas really is, isn’t it?

“Fine, call me a hypocrite. I’ve been called much worse, and if I was worried about other people’s opinion of me I wouldn’t be so open about being an atheist.”
-Is it lonely up there, on your high horse? If you do decide to descend upon us and bless us with your presence, I’d like to ask you this: Why are you open about being an Atheist? Who gives a damn what you are? Should I start a blog about being a straight, white, Christian male? Hmmm…

By: Jinx

Jinx — Sun, 18 Oct 2009 19:19:21 +0000

I celebrate new years the way it was ment to be celebrated!….i get flat out drunk with my friends and family!

By: Kate

Kate — Fri, 12 Dec 2008 03:58:20 +0000

Are there any atheists out there who have made a decision to celebrate New Year’s as a meaningful time to look back and look forward? My extended family has slowly all become atheists (each on his/her own time without any pressure from any of the others) and in addition, we have all begun to be put off by the spend-spend-spend mentality of commercial christmas. We are talking now about celebrating a family time together during this coming new year’s period, just because we all get time off from work at that time and also we can give each other presents, which we love to do. I am struggling with this because as the matriarch of the family, I have many memories of years gone by when we did go to church and did have santa, but the memories are about family times and not about the religious or santa-ness. I think it would be sad, for me that is, not to have the traditions that bring back those memories.

By: Lorraine Grula

Lorraine Grula — Sun, 07 Dec 2008 17:18:39 +0000

Great post.

You have my sympathy on being raised a Jehovah’s Witness. Glad you escaped!

Christmas is TONS of fun. I agree with the poster above who stated that the origins Christmas have nothing to do with the birth of Christ. Christ was probably born some time in October. Christmas came about when the pagan governments declared the Wintern Soltice (Sun God festival) to be a Christian holiday. A practice condemned by the Bible. So I laugh at Bill O’Reilly and the culture warriors who freak out over the secularization of Christmas. They need to read a history book!

Merry Christmas!

Lorraine Grula