Does Atheist Celebrate Religious Holidays?

[Thinkton]

Such as Christmas, Saint Patrick's Day, Saint Valentine's Day, Easter Day, etc?

 

[Mee]

Saint Patrick's Day is about as religious as, well, getting smashed and pinching people.

 

[Mee]

But to answer the question, they celebrate, they just don't celebrate the religious aspects. Christmas is all about Santa, Easter is all about eggs and candy, no Jesus time.

 

[Sarge 2.0]

The word you're looking for is "Do". "Do Athesists Celebrate Religious Holidays".

And yeah. Christmas, St. Patrick's Day, and Valentines Day are barely religious holidays anymore though. So yes, atheists do celebrate those. And I've never heard Easter called "Easter Day".

 

[Ugfugly]

Does Atheists Celebrate Religious Holidays?


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[Thinkton]

The word you're looking for is "Do". "Do Athesists Celebrate Religious Holidays".

And yeah. Christmas, St. Patrick's Day, and Valentines Day are barely religious holidays anymore though. So yes, atheists do celebrate those. And I've never heard Easter called "Easter Day".

So what do you say to a atheist on christmas day and do you give them any gifts? Does a atheist wear blue or green on St. Patricks Day? The list can go on.

 

[Ace of Knaves]

I've never thought of St Paddies day as religious. Unless you count Guinness as a god of some kind. Which incidentally, I do.

 

[Mee]

So what do you say to a atheist on christmas day and do you give them any gifts? Does a atheist wear blue or green on St. Patricks Day? The list can go on.

This has to be a joke.

Gifts on Christmas don't really have anything to do with religion, Santa isn't a god. Wearing green definately isn't religious. "Thou shalt wear green or thou shalt be pinched by thy neighbor" was left out of the commandments.

 

[Addendum]

One doesn't need to be religious to enjoy a holiday. People were celebrating the winter solstice and the spring equinox long before some people in the Roman province of Palestine decided to start another religion and eventually work those celebrations into their mythology.

 

[Alexia Dark]

I've never thought of St Paddies day as religious. Unless you count Guinness as a god of some kind. Which incidentally, I do.

Dionysus, FTW.

 

[-Arya-]

This thread has to be purely for comedic value......

Are you joking around with us Thinkton?

 

[Prison Mike]

what's the religious component of Valentine's Day?

 

[Ugfugly]

One doesn't need to be religious to enjoy a holiday. People were celebrating the winter solstice and the spring equinox long before some people in the Roman province of Palestine decided to start another religion and eventually work those celebrations into their mythology.

You might want to re-read and think about what you just posted there

 

[Ace of Knaves]

Religion is just something cooked up to scare people into being controlled anyway.

Unless it is the religion of Guinness that is.

 

[LouFerignoDemon]

I've never thought of St Paddies day as religious. Unless you count Guinness as a god of some kind. Which incidentally, I do.

You, friend, may have a problem which requires a camera laden intervention.

 

[Ace of Knaves]

You, friend, may have a problem which requires a camera laden intervention.

I don't quite follow. But it sounds funny.

 

[Addendum]

You might want to re-read and think about what you just posted there

There were festivals at the winter solstice and at the spring solstice. So the church would get more members, they adopted those festivals into their religion, and thus christmas and easter.

 

[LouFerignoDemon]

Intervention is a show which follows a junkie, and his/her family and/or friends trying to get him to get off whatever his/her addiction may be.

 

[Ion Kenshin]

I don't quite follow. But it sounds funny.

She's saying you need help.....kinda like this thread question

 

[Ace of Knaves]

Intervention is a show which follows a junkie, and his/her family and/or friends trying to get him to get off whatever his/her addiction may be.

Ahhh I see. Sounds fun! But na I ain't a alcoholic...yet.

 

[Ion Kenshin]

Ahhh I see. Sounds fun! But na I ain't a alcoholic...yet.

Alcoholics go to meetings

 

[Ugfugly]

There were festivals at the winter solstice and at the spring solstice. So the church would get more members, they adopted those festivals into their religion, and thus christmas and easter.

Maybe not Christian, but those celebrations were still religious in nature.

The question isn't whether atheists celebrate Christian holidays, but religious holidays.

 

[Ace of Knaves]

Meetings?!?! In like, board room things where everyone sits around a table!?!? I can't be doing that. Bring on the camera laden intervention.

 

[Alexia Dark]

There were festivals at the winter solstice and at the spring solstice. So the church would get more members, they adopted those festivals into their religion, and thus christmas and easter.

You speak the truth, sir.

 

[Thinkton]

This is not a joke and yes Saint Valentine Day is a religious holiday.