Group of atheists has filed a lawsuit

Why limit your question to atheists? I am not an atheist; I am also not a Christian. I think that qualifies me to answer your question.I am not a Christian.I celebrate Christmas and Easter. Christmas is hugely commercialized, so there isn't much I do on this holiday that can really be said to be 'Christian', except that it is one of the only two days of the year I might find myself in a church and actually having a good time. It's an enjoyable atmosphere: folk singing, cheering, drinking cider. I've even brought my guitar and performed a couple songs myselfabout Jesus!I am not a Christian.Easter is an easier holiday to avoid as a non-Christian; but I celebrate it nonetheless. A big feast, perhaps some church. The Passion plays around town are always good to watch. And, of course, plenty of Easter-themed posts to participate in right here at EvC.I am not a Christian.But I do partake in these Christian holidays. Almost all of my morality is Christian-derived. I know many Christians. I often count myself as a 'practicing' Christian' (not a believing Christian; one whowillingly and enjoyablygoes through the motions).I am not a Christian.I find your assumption that only Christians celebrate Christian holidays to be absurd. In fact, I have never met someone who does not celebrate Christmas and Easter, except for folks who were explicitly of a religion that did not contain these holidays (Islam, for example). The atheists I know in person all celebrate these holidays. In fact, I can tell you that based on talks with them that they, like me, hold mostly Christian-derived morals.All of this deep-rooted Christian culture and yet...I am not a Christian.

So then I guess that would make my response largely redundant: your question was only about atheists; you were already well aware that many non-atheist non-Christians celebrated Christian holidays. Is that a fair understanding? Speaking to my own credit, I did make mention that the atheists I know in person also celebrate Christian holidays. There is certainly no reason to leave these folks out. All the Muslims I've met, for example, do not celebrate Thanksgiving, believing it to be a specifically Christian holiday. The Jews I've met, on the other hand, celebrate Christmas. I'm not sure what relationship Creationism has with all of this. We are talking about Christianity and atheism.JonEdited by Jon, : No reason given.

They told the world their reasons for including the cross.If you want to continue to believe there are secret reasons they aren't telling everyone, reasons even the courts failed to find, reasons that even other atheists and non-Christians on this board have concluded do not exist; then that is your own delusional indulgence.The rest of us will enjoy our reality.

Plenty of historical artifacts also hold religious significance.Ultimately, though, their inclusion among lists of historical artifacts is not their religious meaning but their historical importance.I suppose half the country could begin venerating the White House as a holy religious shrine; but that would not obligate the government to dissolve its interest in maintaining the building, which it doesat public expenseon political, historical, and practical grounds.Whatever the personal reasons for recognizing the cross as important, it still has historical significance that justifies its inclusion into the museum regardless of what anyone thinksincluding the museum's employees.

It doesn't matter what the reasoning anyone gives or believes is. The fact that the item has a valid historical reason for being included in the museum is all that matters.Rationalized hokum is still rational.