http://3minutetheologian.org.uk/blog/2008/12/08/3mt-nine-lessons-and-eight-year-olds/ Words about God and life for the Attention Deficit generation Mon, 14 May 2012 15:08:46 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 http://3minutetheologian.org.uk/blog/2008/12/08/3mt-nine-lessons-and-eight-year-olds/comment-page-1/#comment-2353 Tim Nice Fri, 02 Jan 2009 12:35:49 +0000 http://3minutetheologian.org.uk/blog/?p=294#comment-2353 There's nothing "rational" about a group of atheists organising a celebration of Christmas. And the organiser has the cheek to say "If it riles people, it does so because they’re fools”. It seems they are the fools. If these people want to be taken seriously...... and I presume they do.... then they have got to be consistent. They either believe in Christmas or they don't. They just look stupid organising a celebration of something they claim not to believe in. They could organise a celebration of the winter solstice ..... but then people might think they are pagans which, no doubt, they would hurriedly deny. That's the trouble with being an atheist ..... you've got no hook to hang anything on! There’s nothing “rational” about a group of atheists organising a celebration of Christmas. And the organiser has the cheek to say “If it riles people, it does so because they’re fools”. It seems they are the fools. If these people want to be taken seriously…… and I presume they do…. then they have got to be consistent. They either believe in Christmas or they don’t. They just look stupid organising a celebration of something they claim not to believe in. They could organise a celebration of the winter solstice ….. but then people might think they are pagans which, no doubt, they would hurriedly deny. That’s the trouble with being an atheist ….. you’ve got no hook to hang anything on!

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