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So how many Atheists fucking love Christmas?

Don't get me wrong I am a militant Atheist 364 days of the year, but Christmas is too fucking good to miss out on, even for somebody who despises each and every religion (Jedi's excluded). I can only hope that once religion has been eradicated from the human race we can keep our little winter party season going so I can eat some good food, get a few days off work and spend some time with loved ones.

>> No.2196842

no, you're not allowed to

loved ones? i thought love was just a bunch of chemical reactions... now you have loved ones?

>> No.2196849

Christmas is more of a corporate holiday than a religious one anyway. It's basically like most of Catholicism, just bullshit made up by people long after the time Jesus was supposed to be around in and is mostly stolen Pagan material.

>> No.2196853

I'd love it if my whole family wasn't dead. Nowadays on christmas I just get shitfaced alone to drown my sorrow.

>> No.2196875

>>2196853
;_;

>> No.2196876

HURR CHRISTMSAS IS JUS CORPORATE WANNA MAKE MONI ITS ALL JUST ABUT BIG COROROATNIONS MAKING DOLLAR DURR LOVE IS JUS CHEMCIAL REACTION INTS NOT REAL PPL INVITTED IT..
RELGIONS IS SO BAD THEIR STUPDI BCOS THEY BELIVE IN GODS AND IIS DUMB;
DURRR HURF

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>>2196853

>> No.2196885

The commercialisation of it pisses me off so fucking much. At this time of year every news show is like: "Oh no, what if people don't spend even more money then they did last year!!! If the economy doesn't grow we're all doomed!!!"

Even without the capitalist shitshow my family isn't too pleasant to be around, and its an eight hour bus ride each way to get to them. There are a few things I enjoy like Christmas lights and gingerbread houses, but most of Christmas can just go away and die.

Easter is all kinds of awesome though. There should be collection quests IRL on a more regular basis.

>> No.2196894

>>2196849
Yeah christmas is totally corporate, doesn't change the fact that I fucking love it. People (me included) love a reason to give gifts, it's a chance to receive things I normally wouldn't buy myself. Even I'm pretty limited in the emotional department but I still like making people smile too.

>> No.2196913

Easier for us here in pagan Finland.
We have Yuletide instead of christmas.
Most people don't really associate it with christianity.
It's just a time of darknesswhen people gather round to eat and be merry.

Also:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joulupukki

>> No.2196916

>>2196821
>I am a militant Atheist 364 days of the year

Y'all toastin' in a roll bread.

>> No.2196918

>>2196876

Well come on, it's not a lie that Christmas suffers from very heavy commercialization. Other major holidays do too, but not quite as bad and hamfisted as Christmas does.

That being said, sure I enjoy winter solstice and celebration of a new year. It's usually the best time get a little jolly and stave off the depressive mood accompanied by dark and cold weather. I'll be glad the day religion is abandoned for good, but I see no reason to throw away some of the cuter traditions once the dogma is dealt with.

>said growee

Never doubt growee

>> No.2196921

>>2196913
I'm doing this. From now on I celebrate Yule, not Christmas. It's the same damn thing without the Christ

>> No.2196931

>>2196921
The best part about being a Joulupukki is that you can freely scare kids.

>> No.2196938

well Capitalism can't bitch about comercial holydays, people need to make money to avoid stealing and going to jail

if you live in an Atheist communist country then maybe you can complain about it

>> No.2196953

>>2196913
>>2196931
Rare Exports anyone?

>> No.2196969

>>2196913
That's a plus for Finland.

The minus is that you had to eat grandma to survive through last winter, and this year only the children are left...

>> No.2196985

>>2196969
>cannibalism
Protip: Finland isn't Russia.

Sure we had the lean years back when, but so far there's never been any indications of cannibalism

>> No.2197264

Don't have to be religious to celebrate the winter solstice. There's been a celebratory kind of event around this time of the year long before Christianity hijacked it.

Christmas trees are an old norse tradition

>> No.2197287

You mean the winter solstice? Hell yeah time to celebrate

>> No.2197299

>militant atheist
Douschebag detected
Go to England and break some stuff with the rest of your little chav friends

>> No.2197302

And of course in the Moominland the creatures that didn't hibernate in the winter darkness had their midwinter bonfire that they lit to lure the sun back.

>> No.2197304

Christmas is just a Christian hijack of the pagan celebrations after the Winter Solstice.

Further: I'm not Irish, why can't I celebrate St. Patrick's Day and get shitfaced with friends?

>> No.2197310

>>2197264
You just have to love how for Atheists religious == christian.

>> No.2197311

This thread seems terribly familiar. I swear I saw the exact same posts last year. No joke.

>> No.2197328

My christmas period is made mandatory meetings with a boring family and hours long meals.
I don't see what's good with it.

Also, no need to be a christian to see the use in vacations.

But I would advocate ten days weeks, twelve three-weeks months and 5 days of celebration around the summer solstice instead.