Comments on: An Atheist's Worst Holiday . . . http://www.redheadedskeptic.com/2009/11/26/an-atheists-worst-holiday/ Fri, 10 Sep 2010 19:57:48 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: Analyst http://www.redheadedskeptic.com/2009/11/26/an-atheists-worst-holiday/comment-page-1/#comment-5121 Analyst Sun, 28 Feb 2010 01:54:50 +0000 http://redheadedskeptic.com/?p=2828#comment-5121 I'm grateful for Hungry Man Turkey Dinners. Five minutes in the microwave and the work is all done! :P I’m grateful for Hungry Man Turkey Dinners. Five minutes in the microwave and the work is all done! :P

]]> By: wills4223 http://www.redheadedskeptic.com/2009/11/26/an-atheists-worst-holiday/comment-page-1/#comment-1915 wills4223 Fri, 27 Nov 2009 08:44:50 +0000 http://redheadedskeptic.com/?p=2828#comment-1915 I as an atheist am thankful to my mother and father and the rest of my family. Without there loving support I would not be where I am today. I am also thankful to the atheist and skeptical community. They do great work and help humanity advance to a greater level of logic and humanistic values. And finally I am thankful to humanity as a whole which will always give me hope for the future. I as an atheist am thankful to my mother and father and the rest of my family. Without there loving support I would not be where I am today. I am also thankful to the atheist and skeptical community. They do great work and help humanity advance to a greater level of logic and humanistic values. And finally I am thankful to humanity as a whole which will always give me hope for the future.

]]> By: Buffy http://www.redheadedskeptic.com/2009/11/26/an-atheists-worst-holiday/comment-page-1/#comment-1914 Buffy Thu, 26 Nov 2009 23:46:07 +0000 http://redheadedskeptic.com/?p=2828#comment-1914 What do they mean "nobody"? Why not thank the many people who labored to provide the bounty they're eating that day, the oven/stove that cooked it, the gas or electricity that powered that stove/oven (and the rest of the house), the dining set, dishes, cutlery and glassware that allow them to not be eating it off the floor with their hands, and so on? Why do some people presume that if you don't believe in a magic fairy your life is destitute and you have nobody to thank, nothing to hope for, no purpose, etc? Gah! What do they mean “nobody”? Why not thank the many people who labored to provide the bounty they’re eating that day, the oven/stove that cooked it, the gas or electricity that powered that stove/oven (and the rest of the house), the dining set, dishes, cutlery and glassware that allow them to not be eating it off the floor with their hands, and so on? Why do some people presume that if you don’t believe in a magic fairy your life is destitute and you have nobody to thank, nothing to hope for, no purpose, etc? Gah!

]]> By: Laura http://www.redheadedskeptic.com/2009/11/26/an-atheists-worst-holiday/comment-page-1/#comment-1913 Laura Thu, 26 Nov 2009 21:51:33 +0000 http://redheadedskeptic.com/?p=2828#comment-1913 I do Christmas, too, for the same reasons. It's the easiest holiday to secularize, and that's what we do. Thanksgiving, we're grateful for what we receive. Christmas is our turn to give. I still celebrate mainstream holidays, even ones with a religious bent to them, because my parents wouldn't let me celebrate Halloween growing up, and I resented it (and wound up celebrating it as an adult). Even Easter has been secularized enough that you can make it about Easter eggs and picnics and fun (and like Christmas, started off as a pagan festival); the end of winter, the return of spring and nature, etc. Anyways, I have a post about it scheduled for closer to Christmas. For Thanksgiving, I am just grateful. I don't have to have a particular person to be grateful to. I do Christmas, too, for the same reasons. It’s the easiest holiday to secularize, and that’s what we do. Thanksgiving, we’re grateful for what we receive. Christmas is our turn to give. I still celebrate mainstream holidays, even ones with a religious bent to them, because my parents wouldn’t let me celebrate Halloween growing up, and I resented it (and wound up celebrating it as an adult). Even Easter has been secularized enough that you can make it about Easter eggs and picnics and fun (and like Christmas, started off as a pagan festival); the end of winter, the return of spring and nature, etc. Anyways, I have a post about it scheduled for closer to Christmas.

For Thanksgiving, I am just grateful. I don’t have to have a particular person to be grateful to.

]]> By: Custador http://www.redheadedskeptic.com/2009/11/26/an-atheists-worst-holiday/comment-page-1/#comment-1912 Custador Thu, 26 Nov 2009 21:38:20 +0000 http://redheadedskeptic.com/?p=2828#comment-1912 Being in the UK, we don't do thanksgiving, but if we did, I'd be thankful to whoever worked their behind off for two days to bring me that delicious turkey dinner! Actually since at Christmas that will be me, I guess I'd be thankful to myself for cooking and my lady for being there to share it :-) (PS, Yes, I'm an atheist and yes, I do have "Christmas" in my home - it started as a Pagan festival before Christians took it over, I'm just perverting it a bit further for my own ends, namely that I love to cook a great big roast dinner and scoff it with my loved ones). Being in the UK, we don’t do thanksgiving, but if we did, I’d be thankful to whoever worked their behind off for two days to bring me that delicious turkey dinner! Actually since at Christmas that will be me, I guess I’d be thankful to myself for cooking and my lady for being there to share it :-) (PS, Yes, I’m an atheist and yes, I do have “Christmas” in my home – it started as a Pagan festival before Christians took it over, I’m just perverting it a bit further for my own ends, namely that I love to cook a great big roast dinner and scoff it with my loved ones).

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