Atheists and Halloween?

reply to post by CaDreamer


if that is the case then why does every atheist on Y/A (yahoo answers) attack Christians and call us idiots and mainly with curse words

I truly think the OP is a 12-year old child who is just curious after watching a somewhat non-informative video

if that is the case then why does every atheist on Y/A (yahoo answers) attack Christians and call us idiots and mainly with curse words

because Atheists believe there is no God. No one attacks anyone. It just happens often when one egotistical Christian decides to undermine everyone elses faith to make Christianity look like it makes the most sense

reply to post by ApplesOnFire


Do you just make stuff up?

Historian Nicholas Rogers, exploring the origins of Halloween, notes that while "some folklorists have detected its origins in the Roman feast of Pomona, the goddess of fruits and seeds, or in the festival of the dead called Parentalia, it is more typically linked to the Celtic festival of Samhain (pronounced sow-an or sow-in)", derived from the Old Irish Samuin meaning "summer's end". Samhain was the first and by far the most important of the four quarter days in the medieval Irish and Scottish calendar and, falling on the last day of Autumn, it was a time for stock-taking and preparation for the cold winter months ahead. There was also a sense that this was the time of year when the physical and supernatural worlds were closest and magical things could happen. To ward off these spirits, the Gaels built huge, symbolically regenerative bonfires and invoked the help of the gods through animal and perhaps even human sacrifice.

en.wikipedia.org...

Day of the Dead (a.k.a. Dia de los Muertos) is a Mexico holiday (also celebrated in other Latin American countries) that takes place on Nov 1st and 2nd to honor the departed souls of friends and relatives. Day of the Dead occurs simultaneously with the Catholic holidays All Saints Day (Nov 1) and All Souls Day (Nov 2). Celebrations of the dead have happened in these cultures since the age of the indigenous cultures.

Don’t confuse this holiday and think it’s merely Mexico’s version of Halloween, because it has a much deeper meaning. This is a day where the living remembers their deceased loved ones. There are parades staged with people marching in skull masks but the attitudes differ toward death. The two holidays are very different along with their customs and origins. The spirit of Halloween can of course be fun, but part of the rush of adrenaline is instilling some sort of fear with the death that is associated with the event such as Haunted houses, tours or horror movies and other such events which contrasts drastically to what Dia de los Muertos observes and promotes, like those sweet memories of your missing loved ones that are no longer with you.

www.examiner.com...

reply to post by cetaphobic


and that same group hates the small Christian group who wants "Jesus ween" to be on Oct 31st because they say Halloween is un-godly, lol.

reply to post by ApplesOnFire


Oh right and because you saw one video where someone said that, this means we all believe that?

Get real will you. Because some Muslims want to kill people with suicide bombs does this mean all Muslims believe that? Because one Christian church pastor burns the Koran does that mean all should do that? etc etc

reply to post by cetaphobic


I never claimed anything, Discovery channel told us that it was the day of the dead where they would offer sacrifices and burn bodies to please the spirits

reply to post by ApplesOnFire


I don't hate JesusWeen. I think it's a bit disrespectful to take a holiday that Christianity had already stolen from the Pagans, and then steal it again from... themselves.

I am atheist and I like halloween. I also celebrate Xmas, not as the Jesus birthday but as family get together. I hope this helps

reply to post by ApplesOnFire


yahoo answers! yahoo answers?

Go and get some proper information before starting threads.

reply to post by PuterMan


i dont why you're getting angry i just type what i saw or heard.

Originally posted by ApplesOnFire
reply to post by cetaphobic

 

I never claimed anything, Discovery channel told us
Discovery channel told us
Discovery channel
told us

Just...stop

reply to post by ApplesOnFire


Then you misunderstood the show you were watching, or they lied, because Halloween is not Mexico's Day of the Dead.

reply to post by PuterMan


i dont get my info from there...i ask question on there and most of them are probably atheists

Originally posted by ApplesOnFire
reply to post by CaDreamer

 

if that is the case then why does every atheist on Y/A (yahoo answers) attack Christians and call us idiots and mainly with curse words

because a bunch of idiots sit around on yahoo answers and act like.....idiots in no way is relevant. "atheism" is not a group!!! it is the belief / non belief of the individual.

people as a group advocating all religion go away are just that, not christian, not Buddhist, not atheist.

reply to post by cetaphobic


IDK but if that is the case then some ONE should contact them and correct it

reply to post by ApplesOnFire


If you could tell me exactly what show you were watching, I gladly would after I review and see if you are lying / misunderstood the information.

This thread is fail

reply to post by CaDreamer


hah i agree with your first statement...i find it funny how people get angry at one thread that asks them a simple question but uh the Y/A people are even WORSE

reply to post by i8urneighbor


you think i was trying to get a win thread?

EDIT

i dont know if id call it a fail, 39 posts

reply to post by cetaphobic


well its not on right now (at least i dont think so) but i saw it about 2 days ago... it was titled "200 years" something like that i dont i was not paying attention to the title