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The Atheist Have Holy Day!

Psalm 14:1 states, **'The fool says in his heart, there is no God.'**  The calendar says **April 1st is April Fools Day.**

Therefore, if an atheist says that there is no God, then he is a fool and, thus, April 1st is his day.   Q.E.D.

 

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Well, Bleeding Hearts would prefer it that we all say "Happy Holidays" instead of Merry Christmas.

Interestingly, Holiday means "Holy Day". This means that Bleeding Hearts are forcing everyone to celebrate Holiness (which comes from spirits and God and gay shit like that).

As an Atheist, I just say Merry Christmas because it IS Christmas... Hanukkah is earlier in December and nobody celebrates Kwanzaa (unless they're pretentious douche-bags who take pride in their "who gives a shit" culture).

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Bohemian(3860) Disputed
2 points

Well, Bleeding Hearts would prefer it that we all say "Happy Holidays" instead of Merry Christmas.

I find this somewhat interesting, because I'm always hearing people bombast "bleeding hearts" for making everyone say "happy Holidays", and yet I've scarcely met anyone who has made any such insistence. Where are all these bleeding hearts? Who is saying we should say "Happy holidays" instead of "Merry Christmas"? Who is saying this? It's a grand strawman.

People that do say "happy Holidays" say it because in some instances it's easier, especially if you are unsure of a person's religious affiliation, but also because it includes the New Years as well.

All in all, I see people (mostly conservatives) make way too big of a deal over this, and I'm tired of hearing this rhetoric. If someone wants to say happy Holiday who the fuck cares? No one is making you say it.

Interestingly, Holiday means "Holy Day". This means that Bleeding Hearts are forcing everyone to celebrate Holiness (which comes from spirits and God and gay shit like that).

That was the original meaning, yes. Words however, are not static. Words however can acquire new meanings over time. Holiday for instances has come to mean:

"A day free from work that one may spend at leisure, especially a day on which custom or the law dictates a halting of general business activity to commemorate or celebrate a particular event."

nobody celebrates Kwanzaa (unless they're pretentious douche-bags who take pride in their "who gives a shit" culture

Nobody except for about 15 million people.

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ThePyg(6738) Disputed
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I said they prefer.

But anyway, 15 million people is bullshit according to facts and evidence.

Summarized in that article, although, if you don't trust the source (some consider Wikipedia to be liberally biased... which I don't see how this works, but w/e), merely use the links they provide.

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1 point

From the viewpoint of a holy man, I guess that would make sense.

:l

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I probably should have created this debate on April 1st but I couldn't wait that long. Atheists get about as riled up as Liberals ;)

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3 points

Who would have guessed that people will react when explicitly called foolish?

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I don't ; )

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3 points

For an atheist who follows the Bible, yeah.

I think you'd be a little hard-pressed to find such an atheist though :P

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Sazzz(96) Disputed
2 points

BOOM! well done, good sir, that, is a brilliant point.

:D

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3 points

Seriously, is this the level of discussion on this website? That's pretty sad, what a pathetic argument.

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2 points

This is the caliber of argument I'd expect from Ray Comfort or Kirk Cameron!

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1 point

Oh yeah! Right! ;)

Eh, that was just for fun, of course. Tell me you being silly when you posted this, because if not, it's pretty pathetic.

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2 points

Oh RIGHT, so a PSALM said so! Its totally right then. Althiests obviously do have a holy day!

Yeah, im a Christian, and i think this question is stupid.

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1 point

This is an argument that presumes the arguers position. I have never taken logic as a class but I am pretty sure this is a classic logical fallacy. I think "moronic" is a given here so I won't even bother to elaborate.

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But there's a Q.E.D. at the end and everything! Sounds to me like you're one of those atheists who doesn't want April Fools day as his holiday ;)

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The Atheist Have Holy Day!

Are you for real?

The minimum length for an argument is 50 characters. The purpose of this restriction is to cut down on the amount of dumb jokes, so we can keep the quality of debate and discourse as high as possible.

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