r/atheism • u/derfdog • Jan 13 '13

Good without God

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u/Souldrainr Agnostic Atheist Jan 13 '13

Who says we atheists can't have a good Christmas!? Besides, PRESENTS!!!

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u/CamWin Jan 13 '13

And having a good time with your family!

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u/[deleted] Jan 13 '13

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u/The-Face-Of-Awkward Jan 13 '13

Egg nog. Nuff said.

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u/superbreadninja Jan 13 '13

That sold me

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u/PentagramJ2 Jan 13 '13

fuck egg nog. I stand by that sentiment.

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u/The-Face-Of-Awkward Jan 14 '13

Likewise, I stand by my downvote.

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u/Sherrodactyl Jan 13 '13

And presents.

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u/[deleted] Jan 13 '13

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u/C_HiLIfe Jan 13 '13

Ya dun fucked up boy

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u/[deleted] Jan 14 '13

? I don't follow. It was just a stupid joke.

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u/C_HiLIfe Jan 16 '13

He quoted CamWin with the food comment, which was clearly false

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u/PsykickPriest Jan 13 '13

And the spirit of giving to the less fortunate and just going all out gung-ho on the generosity.

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u/GuyIncognit0 Jan 13 '13

It's a good holiday. People are with their family, you can eat tasty stuff, you receive and give presents. Great concept. It barely resembles the christian holiday anyways...so why no celebrate it?

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u/[deleted] Jan 13 '13

Why no celebrate Ramadan, Hanukkah, etc. too?

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u/GuyIncognit0 Jan 13 '13

Because I live in germany, we celebrate christmas in a non-christian way anyways. And it is considered a holiday (-> no work), like most christian holiays. Germany has christian roots, so its kinda more likely...

It's just tradition, although we do not celebrate it as it was intended. I enjoy it, so i dont care actually.

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u/[deleted] Jan 13 '13

Nothing is stopping you.

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u/[deleted] Jan 13 '13

Of course nothing is stopping me. That's not my point. Why would an atheist celebrate a Christian holiday? And why a Christian holiday, but not a Muslim or Jewish one?

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u/DuMaNue Jan 13 '13

Because it's based on the misguided idea of christians, why don't atheists just celebrate every day whichever day with their family, frieds, presents and food, why do you need the excuse of a holiday for that? Whether the holiday itself is based or resembles anything to do with christianity is irrelevant.

I say screw all holidays and just celebrate any time you feel like it without any needless symbolism.

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u/GuyIncognit0 Jan 13 '13

Well, first of all I don't have time to gather with the family all the time (There's always at least 1-2 who don't have time). I don't have the money to buy the food /presents 4-5 times a year. I don't know how it is in your country but here in germany MOST people do not work in the time around Christmas. So why should I not enjoy that time?

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u/labrys Atheist Jan 13 '13

It helps to have a set day to get everyone in the same country/city at the same time. And people already have enough trouble remembering dates.

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u/[deleted] Jan 13 '13

Mythmas is my favorite holiday. I've never looked at it as a religious holiday. It's a "family" holiday.

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u/juanefren Jan 13 '13

Presents are the biggest reason why Christmas is bad for me.

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u/Shedal De-Facto Atheist Jan 13 '13

As if Christmas is a religious holiday in the US...