Do Atheists Celebrate Christmas?

[QuantumLeap]

There is [another] reason. Do your research (fully). It has to do with the calendar

There have been many other systems of belief that have the messiah rising again on the 3rd day. Christianity is just one and borrows from the previous ones.

Combine this with the belief of the winter solstice being the time of death since many plants have died, animals have undergone hibernation and the sun shines the least. Therefore previous belief systems have the messiah dying on the 22nd of December and rising on the 3rd day which is December 25th.

[QuantumLeap]

Why would they? Jews are so selfish and pompous. I believe that Ebeneezer Scrooge was hassidic jew.

You need to get out a little bit and meet more Jews. They are not all like that just like not all blacks speak ebonics and live off welfare.

[StackinGreen]

There have been many other systems of belief that have the messiah rising again on the 3rd day. Christianity is just one and borrows from the previous ones.

Combine this with the belief of the winter solstice being the time of death since many plants have died, animals have undergone hibernation and the sun shines the least. Therefore previous belief systems have the messiah dying on the 22nd of December and rising on the 3rd day which is December 25th.

I'm not sure who or what you are referring to but it seems to be confused. To which gods do you refer?

The answer is that the Annunciation is March 25 and 9 months later is ... December 25. And no, I'm not arguing that I know the date. Early Christians celebrated the birth with theophany, etc. on the same day and that was actually Jan 6

[Dutch]

I'm not sure who or what you are referring to but it seems to be confused. To which gods do you refer?

I assume he's refering to Osiris, Mithra, Horus and a few others with stories that have striking similarities with the story of Jesus.

Each new age needs it's own savior. They all use the same story. I believe we are in the tail end of the Jesus age. I believe the age of myths in general is coming to an end.

[StackinGreen]

There are some similarities and some substantial differences. They don't at all use the same story. Most things are coming to an end; this also is dependent on what one means when he says, "end"