christmas was originally a Pagan tradition before christians stole it for themselves. it's not like Christ was actually born in December.

10/24/2009 5:08:18 PM

*carlface*

10/24/2009 5:11:48 PM

BUT JESUS IS THE REASON FOR THE SEASON!!!111

10/24/2009 5:16:01 PM

you can't have your holiday invade everything without some things invading your holiday.

10/24/2009 5:17:11 PM

I didn't read any of this thread, but i'm guessing this is how it went...

Character #1 RAWR RAWR RAWR fuck Christianity I do what I want
Character #2 RAWR RAWR RAWR you are going to hell stop ruining our holiday

10/24/2009 6:52:21 PM

We need to change the name of Christmas to Freedomas. Cause it shows that America is a free country and we all know Christmas was invented for Americans.

10/24/2009 6:56:54 PM

THE WAR ON CHRISTMAS HAS BEGUN THIS YEAR... BECAUSE FOX NEWS WANTS HIGHER RATINGS!

10/24/2009 7:00:19 PM

if English was good enough for Jesus Christ, it damn sure ought to be good enough for all them Mexicans who took ur jobs.

10/27/2009 12:29:33 AM

I DON'T HAVE TO BELIEVE IN GOD TO BELIEVE IN SANTA!!

10/27/2009 9:06:05 AM

presents

10/27/2009 5:53:42 PM

"Christmas in America is an exuberant display of human ingenuity, capitalist productivity, and the enjoyment of life. Yet all of these are castigated as "materialistic"; the real meaning of the holiday, we are told, is assorted Nativity tales and altruist injunctions (e.g., love thy neighbor) that no one takes seriously.

Life requires reason, selfishness, capitalism; that is what Christmas should celebrate--and really, underneath all the pretense, that is what it does celebrate. It is time to take the Christ out of Christmas, and turn the holiday into a guiltlessly egoistic, pro-reason, this-worldly, commercial celebration."

http://bit.ly/34qk5F

10/27/2009 6:22:43 PM

I'm sure it's been repeated to death already, but decorated pine trees, playing in the snow, exchanging gifts, and guys who wear a red coat and have a thyroid problem have dick-all to do with Jesus.

But I suppose most atheists celebrate Christmas because it's simply become a large part of our culture. We do it not so much for Christ so much as it's become a tradition, become ingrained into our society to have this celebration. I suspect that only the most hardcore of atheists (who, in a stunning coincidence, also tend to be the loudest and most obnoxious of all atheists) even find the holiday offensive, the rest of us just like having an excuse to get out of doing work and to go see our families.

10/27/2009 6:48:03 PM

Hey, did y'all know that Santa is a delusion?

10/27/2009 6:51:40 PM

DON'T SAY THAT OR HE'LL PUT COAL IN YOUR STOCKING!

10/27/2009 6:52:38 PM

wow


some of ya'll are really terribly unhappy, cynical, angry people.

sucks

10/27/2009 6:53:52 PM

^ I agree.........

and I don't know, I guess maybe it does seem like this big holiday that's all about gift giving to some, but when I think about Christmas the first thing that comes to mind is going to midnight mass with my family, spending time with them, and celebrating the birth of Jesus.. I don't think about how many gifts I have under the tree (now at least, at 7 years old that's a whole different story :beatup

Anyways, carry on

[Edited on October 27, 2009 at 7:05 PM. Reason : oops]

10/27/2009 7:05:09 PM

fuck christmas

10/27/2009 7:05:49 PM

tell us how you really feel

10/27/2009 7:06:45 PM

i feel like i should have my days off when i damn well wanna take them

i support getting rid of all official holidays and adding a week or more to everyone's vacation time

10/27/2009 7:10:44 PM

i read this as "why do athletes celebrate christmas"

10/27/2009 7:11:59 PM

there's no such thing as atheists.

10/28/2009 1:03:20 AM

^Are you trying to bait someone into calling you an a-atheist (subscriber to the belief in aatheistism)? Because if so, I'm all over that shit.

[Edited on October 28, 2009 at 1:05 AM. Reason : .]

10/28/2009 1:05:07 AM

athiests grew up loving christmas too!

10/28/2009 1:07:28 AM

athletes grew up loving christmas too!

10/28/2009 1:08:53 AM

everyone always loves getting free shit from people!

10/28/2009 1:09:32 AM

look, really. atheists don't exist.

you all know it's true. intuitively.

atheism is just an imaginary construct used by some people to make them feel more confident about things they don't understand.

10/28/2009 1:11:56 AM

I don't know whether Atheists exist. I do know that the idea of atheists exist. Just as the idea of Skack exists. Is said idea a reality or is it nothing more than an idea? I don't know, but knowing that said idea exists allows me to know that an entity exists which conjures or observes such a reality. Am I that entity, or am I an idea conjured by that entity? Is it even possible to know? I think I may ask Santa Claus to provide me with clarity for Christmas. As for my parents, I'm asking them for one of those little iPods; provided I don't buy one first.

[Edited on October 28, 2009 at 1:27 AM. Reason : l]

10/28/2009 1:25:58 AM

its all about the presents G, and soco and eggnog

10/28/2009 7:51:04 AM

wtf?

10/28/2009 9:38:13 AM

I'm not an atheist, but I don't care for organized religion.

That said, I celebrate Christmas because my work gives me days off and I can hang out with Grandma and get tipsy.

10/28/2009 9:40:28 AM

Christmas isn't about religion for me, it's about being with the people I care about and showing them that I care about them.

10/28/2009 9:42:08 AM

^

10/28/2009 9:58:33 AM

Also as a disclaimer I publicly support the delegitimization of all religion.

10/28/2009 9:59:19 AM

No, really?

10/28/2009 10:01:09 AM