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Should Atheists and Humanists be banned from celebrating Christmas?

Don,t know if I have it right, but are not Christian holidays also public holidays,

Like on certain Days of the year those that have to work are paid special rates,

those who are not in Community work like police, firemen, hospitals, etc, etc just get paid anyway.

Employers could benefit, but it would quickly backfire on Christians.

In any case lights and decorations are a part of the scene

There is a big tree put up across the road, lights the whole works,

it,s the way things are done here, it just is.

In any case this dark time of the year, why not light a Candle.
 
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Maybe we should have two celebrations:

The first (the one we have today) from the beginning of November through to January to celebrate the anniversary of the birth of Santa Claus.

And a special one on 25 December to celebrate the birth of Christ.

I wish a self indulgent Santamass to all.
 
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Banned from attending Christmas services by churches, or banned from celebrating Christmas in general by the government?

Or is it just a thought experiment, and the specifics are irrelevant/purposefully left out?
 
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We are living in a culture where many Humanists and Atheists, if they were given the chance would see Christmas completely banned if they could get their way! So, why not reverse it, and ban them from celebrating a festival they do not believe in? :)

^_^
 
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We are living in a culture where many Humanists and Atheists, if they were given the chance would see Christmas completely banned if they could get their way!
Evidence? I think you are mistaking people trying to get religion removed from a mid-winter festival for people trying to ban the festival.

So, why not reverse it, and ban them from celebrating a festival they do not believe in? :)
Christianity changed the festival to suit its needs. Don't you see the hypocrisy of you complaining when another group wants to do the same?
 
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Evidence? I think you are mistaking people trying to get religion removed from a mid-winter festival for people trying to ban the festival.


*Don't you see the hypocrisy of you complaining when another group wants to do the same?

1. Telling children about Santa Claus could damage them, claims Richard Dawkins | Daily Mail Online

2. *One group (Christianity) was established almost 1600 years before the other (Atheism). It is a no brainer really as to which is more credible :)
 
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Supporting evidence?
For pre-Christian, pagan mid-winter festivals? Stonehenge

For Saturnalia specifically? Catullus 14:
"Quem tu scilicet ad tuum Catullum
misti, continuo ut die periret,
Saturnalibus, optimo dierum!"

There's masses more, but you already know that.
 
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