Erm... paganism isn't atheism, and is neither big nor clever.Attributing significance to logs, spirits, Mithras, or to any particular date is still hinting at some sort of belief in the supernatural, and just as silly as worshipping a probably fictional bloke with metacarpal ventilation. Just because a tradition's older doesn't make it cooler or more sensible.
I s'pose the most honest. po-faced, atheistic thing to do would be to get pissed and have fun simply because the solstice means winter is more or less half-over (presumably one thinks winter is a bad thing).
Or if you like winter, maybe a hoe-down because it's only half-begun. But no worshipping or veneration of anything, ta very much.
I'd much prefer to wish people a Merry Hitch-mas. I love him. Dawkins is a nob.
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I s'pose the most honest. po-faced, atheistic thing to do would be to get pissed and have fun simply because the solstice means winter is more or less half-over (presumably one thinks winter is a bad thing).
Or if you like winter, maybe a hoe-down because it's only half-begun. But no worshipping or veneration of anything, ta very much.
I'd much prefer to wish people a Merry Hitch-mas. I love him. Dawkins is a nob.