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| Hudzon |
 Dec 25, 2007, 02:16 PM
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I was always curious, what do atheists/agnostics do on Christsmass?
Do they celebrate it or not? And if they do, wouldn't such a gross display of superstition go against their non-believes? |
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| lucid_dream |
Dec 25, 2007, 04:45 PM
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i see no reason to not partake in the festivities, atheist or not
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| Discordia |
Dec 25, 2007, 04:54 PM
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Christmas is good for seeing family, and great for making lower-middle class children depressed.
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| Lindsay |
 Dec 25, 2007, 06:18 PM
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Favourite Christmas carol of atheists:
1. Hark the herald angels sing; funny, I don't hear a thing. 2. Away with the manger, no crib and no bed...  |
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| Lindsay |
Dec 25, 2007, 06:24 PM
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QUOTE(Discordia @ Dec 25, 2007, 04:54 PM)  Christmas is good for seeing family, and great for making lower-middle class children depressed. |
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| Hudzon |
Dec 25, 2007, 06:35 PM
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CCC?
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| Hudzon |
Dec 25, 2007, 06:39 PM
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QUOTE i see no reason to not partake in the festivities, atheist or not Yes, but the whole point of Christsmass is the resurrection of Christ and the religious symbology behind it (forgiveness, love, etcetera). How can you celebrate something if that something means nothing to you? |
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| lucid_dream |
Dec 26, 2007, 03:51 AM
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QUOTE(Hudzon @ Dec 25, 2007, 06:39 PM) How can you celebrate something if that something means nothing to you? because life itself is cause enough for celebration. There's no need to believe in the resurrection of christ or other christian myths to celebrate the festivities of christmas or other religious holidays. |
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| Rick |
Dec 26, 2007, 11:27 AM
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QUOTE(lucid_dream @ Dec 26, 2007, 03:51 AM) because life itself is cause enough for celebration. There's no need to believe in the resurrection of christ or other christian myths to celebrate the festivities of christmas or other religious holidays. Absolutely right. The symbolism of Christmas can have many meanings, including the historic core meaning of the return of the sun from its journey south on the day of the winter solstice. Keep it secular, but keep the fun. |
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| Flex |
Dec 26, 2007, 08:23 PM
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I thought the whole idea of Christmas was really created by poets. I don't even know a damn thing about St. Nicholas, but I sure know about Santa.
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| Lindsay |
Dec 28, 2007, 12:58 PM
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QUOTE(Flex @ Dec 26, 2007, 08:23 PM) ... I don't... know a damn thing about St. Nicholas, but I sure know about Santa. 'Santa Claus' is a corruption of the SantaNichlaus--the way the NY Dutch pronounced the Saint's name. Here is a short version of who SN was: http://www.stnicholascenter.org/Brix?pageID=38 More detailed and scholarly version: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saint_Nicholas This is interesting. It compares Santa with the Saint: http://www.stnicholascenter.org/printable_...6&smpl_sakey=16 The role of the political caricaturist, Thomas Nast (1860's): http://cartoons.osu.edu/nast/santa_camp.htm It is said the TN did his drawing after reading the poem by the Rev. Clement Moore, written for his ill child: http://www.christmas-tree.com/stories/nigh...echristmas.html |
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