"Our reason for doing it during the holidays is there are an awful lot of agnostics, atheists and other types of non-theists who feel a little alone during the holidays because of its association with traditional religion."I tell you, although I wish with all my heart that my mother and father would find faith, whining stories like these make me proud of their honest-to-goodness atheism.
They don't mess about pretending to be "left out." In fact, they practice that virtue which many of us wish that some of our religious brethren would take up ... they keep it to themselves, don't proseltyze, and let everyone believe what they wish.
Feel threatened because of "the holidays?" They would laugh at that. As true humanists, they glory in the secular aspects of Christmas and Easter (candy and lamb and some classic movies on tv). To feel threatened is to give power to something that they believe is nonexistant. As for needing an ad campaign to be good people ... they would scoff. We were raised in the good, old-fashioned secular way of being good people. No ad campaign needed for that. Just good values. Believe it or not, nonbelievers have them.
Give me a real atheist any time. They are honest enough with themselves that if the light shines bright enough then they might be honest enough to stop, wonder, and investigate it.
Thanks to The Anchoress for the heads-up on this one.
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