I Think Atheists Should Have Holidays

[ChristineM]

Photo of night market or it didn't happen

Night markets (marchés gourmands) ... aren't the usual weekly French marché; it’s not about picking over cheeses, fresh vegetables and flowers. Instead, it includes buying prepared foods (fresh oysters, curries, sausages, paella and much more) and local wine, and enjoying them at rough picnic tables with friends and neighbours and strangers. Dancing to the music provided by a DJ is another big part of the fun

 

[Twilight Hue]

What point is a holiday on Sunday? Most people are off work anyway

Lol. It does defeat the purpose of a holiday.

 

[Sgt. Pepper]

I guess for some people that is good but it seems that Atheists cannot cast a spell or talk to ghosts like spiritualists can.

While I think you may be onto something in your OP, I would like to point out that spiritualists don't have audible conversations with human spirits like they can with living people unless they are a medium. They can, however, communicate with the dead by using a spirit board (Ouija board) and other devices to interact with and communicate with the dead. Spiritualists (of which I am one) believe that psychic mediums (of which I am one; read here) are born with the ability to communicate with the spirits of the dead, but that anyone can develop psychic mediumship abilities through extensive study and practice. If you're interested in learning more about Spiritualism, you can click on this link here or you can ask me questions by sending me a private message. My inbox is always open. I don't know what your knowledge is about spiritualists or mediums, so I thought I would reply and say something to you about both.

 

[ChristineM]

Lol. It does defeat the purpose of a holiday.

In france (not sure about elsewhere) if a public holiday falls on a sunday then monday is given as an extra day off work.

 

[lewisnotmiller]

Can't believe no one is mentioning Festivus...

 

[Quagmire]

There are so many days that Atheists could celebrate, such as Albert Einstein's birthday,

Einstein was a theist:
Religious and philosophical views of Albert Einstein - Wikipedia

the National Day Of Reason,

Which more or less implies that theists are unreasonable, an assumption I see as unreasonable.

or some other days that are good such as the birthday of the person who founded Atheism.

Ah yes, I agree John A. Theist doesn't get enough recognition.

 

[Trailblazer]

In france (not sure about elsewhere) if a public holiday falls on a sunday then monday is given as an extra day off work.

It's the same here in the U.S. if the holiday falls on a Sunday.

But sometimes the holiday falls on Monday.
Today is a holiday, MLK day, which is a federal holiday, so all government offices and banks have the day off.
I normally work on Tuesday but since today was a holiday I have Tuesday off.

 

[NewGuyOnTheBlock]

Einstein was a theist:

It is my understanding that Einstein was a Deist -- He believed that there was a "Creator God" but did not conform to any religious doctrine.

 

[Viker]

Can't believe no one is mentioning Festivus...

 

[Quagmire]

It is my understanding that Einstein was a Deist -- He believed that there was a "Creator God" but did not conform to any religious doctrine.

The lines tend to blur when defining theism vs deism; both at they're simplist are defined as a belief in the existence of some sort of creator God.

Far as I can see the only time a clear distinction is made is when you're comparing the two, at which point "theism" is usually meant to specify a belief in a God that takes an active role in the ordering of the cosmos, as opposed to the Deist view where He's basically just sitting back and eating celestial popcorn.

Any other time, when discussing theism independently, "theism" is meant to indicate any sort of belief in basically any sort of God.

Seems that way to me anyway.

But point being, Einstein wasn't an atheist.

 

[lewisnotmiller]

Don't roll your eyes at me. You'll have plenty of time to air your grievances later...rofl..

 

[fantome profane]

Every year I celebrate Sir Isaac Newton’s birthday. Yes, I know he was a religious man, but I don’t hold that against him. I celebrate his birthday for two reasons, I consider him one of the founders of modern science, and his birthday falls on the twenty fifth of December, and that makes it very convenient.

 

[sun rise]

What if someone’s birthday is on April Fools Day?

Then they are a natural food and don't need to work at it.

 

[CharmingOwl]

" practice atheism". What a weird concept

I think the problem is semantic. What I mean is people who have chosen atheism as their worldview. I guess I say people who are atheist? For me it seems to make sense to say I used to practice it because it is a worldview.

 

[fantome profane]

Then they are a natural food and don't need to work at it.

Have you ever tried eating someone who was born on April 2nd? Or do they have too many artificial additives?

 

[Audie]

I think the problem is semantic. What I mean is people who have chosen atheism as their worldview. I guess I say people who are atheist? For me it seems to make sense to say I used to practice it because it is a worldview.

You were born into a religion, drifted
away with doubts teens / early 20s,
then we're sucked back in. Right?

That's not being atheist.
Atheism. Isn't a " worldview". I just don't
go for claptrap like astrology, psychic powers,
Atlantis, alien abduction, water witching, tarot
or any other woo woo.

How one "practices" not believing
any superstition is a mystery to me.

Semantics, indeed.

And it's not a " choice".
If you can choose whether to believe
it's cold at the north pole, say, then you have
a problem.
You, not everynody.

 

[Audie]

Every year I celebrate Sir Isaac Newton’s birthday. Yes, I know he was a religious man, but I don’t hold that against him. I celebrate his birthday for two reasons, I consider him one of the founders of modern science, and his birthday falls on the twenty fifth of December, and that makes it very convenient.

You can get a cutting from his apple tree

 

[CharmingOwl]

You were born into a religion, drifted
away with doubts teens / early 20s,
then we're sucked back in. Right?

That's not being atheist.
Atheism. Isn't a " worldview". I just don't
go for claptrap like astrology, psychic powers,
Atlantis, alien abduction, water witching, tarot
or any other woo woo.

How one "practices" not believing
any superstition is a mystery to me.

Semantics, indeed.

And it's not a " choice".
If you can choose whether to believe
it's cold at the north pole, say, then you have
a problem.
You, not everynody.

I consider myself atheist from the time I left the church to when I decided to become a cult leader. I messed with some of the new age stuff but at the end of the day I was not a part of any organized religion. I feel like you're gatekeeping being atheist because I was a hardcore atheist in high school. But maybe it doesn't matter anyway, since it is quite a leap to go from atheist to starting a new religion.

 

[Heyo]

But point being, Einstein wasn't an atheist.

When you take the word literal (as I do), Einstein was an a-theist, as in "not a theist".
In a dual, excluded middle order of theists and atheists, deist, pantheists and most "spiritual but not religious" as well as agnostics go into the atheist box.

 

[Heyo]

Can't believe no one is mentioning Festivus...

#2
Or do you have @Revoltingest on ignore?