Comments on: Atheists, has anyone in your "real life" asked you why you celebrate Easter and Christmas?

By: Red hair

Red hair — Sun, 16 Aug 2009 14:50:59 +0000

They should cause it contradicts their beliefs.
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By: The Passenger

The Passenger — Sun, 16 Aug 2009 14:16:59 +0000

Never until just last night at dinner.

I told my husband that we were going over to have dinner with some friends on Easter. He asked why.

This launched into a conversation about why they celebrated Easter because they are non-religious and why we were going over there because we’re atheists. I reminded him that we’ve decorated eggs and had dinner as a family every year and that before our daughter was born and we lived near family we always had dinner with them on Easter. He still seemed confused but pretty much dropped it. We’ve never gone to church but we have a kid. She likes to color eggs and she likes candy. Our friends invited us over for dinner. I just didn’t see the big deal and he’s never balked at any Christmas celebrations. It was a little weird but hey, we’re both a little weird anyway.

No one else has ever asked me this and if they did I’d probably just say that I grew up in a secular home and we always celebrated holidays in a secular way and I’m just carrying on my family’s traditions. Because that’s the truth.
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By: Sonny

Sonny — Sun, 16 Aug 2009 13:45:59 +0000

I’ll bet you dollars to donuts that there will be Atheists attending Easter services with their families over the weekend. Some of them will even have the nerve to go take the eucharist as if it was an hors d’oveure at a cocktail party. Then there are all those folks that just go to church to show off their Easter outfits. How do you express your Christian humility by dressing up in colors that look like the fires of hell? Some of these females are dressed like Soleme, and I wonder at one point during the services will they decide to dance at the altar and plead for John’s head on a plate for Herod.
Then there are the muscle bound thugs that looked like they just fell off the back of an army truck. Roman gladiators. I tend to move away when I see them. No metal detectors to get in. You never know when these guys are going to go nuts and think they are back in Iraq and wipe out the entire crowd with a military issued firearm. If they wear an over sized overcoat, they could sneak a sawed off shotgun or an Uzi under that coat and blow every one there away.
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By: mortoo revisited

mortoo revisited — Sun, 16 Aug 2009 13:10:59 +0000

Easter and christmas are regarded in most christian oriented countries as just another day to have a holiday and a meal with family and friends, no different from birthdays really, I am not required to believe in someone to celebrate their birthday am I
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By: Sparta Kitteh

Sparta Kitteh — Sun, 16 Aug 2009 12:23:59 +0000

Well I don’t celebrate either….I just eat the chocolate rabbits and Yule…
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By: Captain Jimmy 666

Captain Jimmy 666 — Sun, 16 Aug 2009 11:55:59 +0000

No
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By: Soulful Kris

Soulful Kris — Sun, 16 Aug 2009 11:39:59 +0000

Yes. But that's because they think I don't deserve presents. I just laugh and play with my dolls.
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By: Vernon Dozier: Redux

Vernon Dozier: Redux — Sun, 16 Aug 2009 11:21:59 +0000

No, not yet! ((((Laptop))))
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By: markyyy - P3D

markyyy - P3D — Sun, 16 Aug 2009 10:39:59 +0000

Nobody in the real world has ever wondered that about me. And I was raised by atheist parents, with atheist friends and a very atheist environment. We always do Christmas, and sorta Easter too. It's fun.
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By: Religulous Amanda

Religulous Amanda — Sun, 16 Aug 2009 10:33:59 +0000

Rituals are a way of keeping in touch with the past, irregardless of your sincerely held-belief systems. Traditions often have a way of disappearing from the American Landscape because people want to assign their own meanings to them instead of the simple need to never disconnect entirely from the past.
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