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Originally Posted by BubblyShell22
Well, I technically have no choice but to celebrate Christmas because of my family. I think you can celebrate Christmas without having to believe in Jesus. You can just find your own meaning in it or celebrate the winter solstice. But I really don't care about the holiday myself. It's just there and nothing more.
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But isn't it hypocritical to celebrate Christmas if you are an atheist? I mean, there wouldn't be Christmas without the Christian belief in Jesus....and while I do realize that the holiday is more secular these days, the root of it is still one of the two fundamental mysteries that are the basis of Christianity. Everything that is done on Christmas from lights to trees to gift giving has symbolic meaning. (Although trees were brought forward from a pagan religion....it was religion and belief I deities nonetheless)
Gift giving at Christmas, for example is symbolic of the Magi bringing gifts to the infant Jesus. How, as an atheist do you rationalize giving or receiving gifts during Christmas without being hypocritical by accepting this symbolic representation and in a defacto way, the event behind it?
Again, just curious.