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Jonathan Luxmoore of the Catholic News Service doesn't respect me, I guess. He thinks I'm a hypocrite because I said I liked Christmas although I'm an atheist. Well, Ex-CUSE . ME:
Sir,
I may not be alone in detecting a case of having your Christmas cake and eating it in David Aaronovitch's defence…
Forty Fifty years ago this week, in a world even more strife torn than today's, the Apollo 8 spacecraft was approaching the moon, not to land there, but to orbit it:
Apollo 8 had set off a few days before Christmas. It was the most daring space mission ever, taking astronauts William Anders, Jim…
These religious conservatives are certifiably nuts.
Rep. Henry Brown of South Carolina and 74 Republican co-sponsors in the U.S. House of Representatives actually wants Congress to pass a resolution condemning people for saying "Happy Holidays" rather than "Merry Christmas."
Seriously? Yeah,…
Albert Mohler never disappoints. If you want a peek at the smug, ignorant heart of modern American Christianity, the weekly columns of the president of the Souther Baptist Theological Seminary are good places to start. In his latest effort, he expresses surprise that atheists might enjoy the…
As an atheist, I think Christmas is all about getting together with your family, eating some good food, and exchanging gifts. Does anyone seriously think about its religious meaning anymore?
Certainly every nativity scene and almost every Christmas carol sung, every church sermon tomorrow, every Midnight Mass tonight, everyone watching It's A Wonderful Life, and every angel on Christmas treetops would allow even the worst investigator to conclude that, in addition to the consumption and the family togetherness, there was indeed religious symbolism and meaning (whether it trumps presents, though, is still under inquiry).
JJ -- there are two Christmases nowadays. There is the Christian holiday, and then there is American Consumer Christmas, an entirely secular holiday. Some people gleefully conflate the two, but there really isn't much need to.
-Rob
I'm not sure what the difference is if it's Santa hanging there or some guy scantily dressed with long hair? It's actually stupid and repulsive at any rate.
Since when does everyone's opinion count? Why not let everyone celebrate Christmas the want they want to as opposed to the way you think they should? If people want to commercialize it, then so what?
As an atheist, I find Christmas pretty safe since it has become completely commercialized.
That said, I would not celebrate it if my family didn't expect it.
I think people differ greatly on this issue. For example, if it were completely unidentifiable as my own, I would have no problem with a picture of my naked ass being posted on the Internet. Others would be absolutely horrified by the prospect.