http://www.25hourwatch.com/2009/12/31/an-atheists-thoughts-on-christmas/ Not all that useful for telling time, no... Wed, 19 Oct 2011 19:41:16 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 http://www.25hourwatch.com/2009/12/31/an-atheists-thoughts-on-christmas/comment-page-1/#comment-67 MS Sun, 10 Jan 2010 22:02:26 +0000 http://www.25hourwatch.com/?p=253#comment-67 "Atheists don't have a dogma." I love it! Simple, eloquent and true. This dialogue could be, and should be, drawn out even further. There is lots of good stuff here which I feel you've only just begun to touch on. As I state in most of my other comments, "more, more, more!" It may sound strange but even I (also an atheist) think that Christmas would be much better off if it were far less commerical and more religious (or spiritual). Christmas is now less a celebration of hope and faith than a orgy of bargain crazed zealots. “Atheists don’t have a dogma.” I love it! Simple, eloquent and true. This dialogue could be, and should be, drawn out even further. There is lots of good stuff here which I feel you’ve only just begun to touch on. As I state in most of my other comments, “more, more, more!” It may sound strange but even I (also an atheist) think that Christmas would be much better off if it were far less commerical and more religious (or spiritual). Christmas is now less a celebration of hope and faith than a orgy of bargain crazed zealots.

]]> http://www.25hourwatch.com/2009/12/31/an-atheists-thoughts-on-christmas/comment-page-1/#comment-39 BM Fri, 01 Jan 2010 18:02:05 +0000 http://www.25hourwatch.com/?p=253#comment-39 An interesting dialogue DA...a conversation you recently had with someone? Religion and holidays are so synonymous, i.e. Christmas/Easter, but ironically, in vastly "Christian" USA, no one can say, "Have a Merry Christmas", without being politically incorrect; but dammit, we all want our presents under that tree, cherubim or not! The reasons for celebration have lost to gift-wrap and toys. Ppl will say it's a religious day, but the secular works far outweigh the spiritual. This one sparked some thought for me DA, good stuff. An interesting dialogue DA…a conversation you recently had with someone? Religion and holidays are so synonymous, i.e. Christmas/Easter, but ironically, in vastly “Christian” USA, no one can say, “Have a Merry Christmas”, without being politically incorrect; but dammit, we all want our presents under that tree, cherubim or not! The reasons for celebration have lost to gift-wrap and toys. Ppl will say it’s a religious day, but the secular works far outweigh the spiritual.
This one sparked some thought for me DA, good stuff.

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