What is your opinion on "secular religion", such as secular judaism or atheistic paganism, where people reject a religions supernatural claims but celebrate its holidays and rituals?I was asked this on my Formspring recently.
I celebrate Christmas: I love the season. It's a perfect mid-winter festival; an excuse to celebrate & create some memories. It's purely a secular holiday for me.
Participating in such "religious" holidays or rituals can be enjoyable, therapeutic and of course; secular. It's a wonderful opportunity for some celebration and there's certainly nothing wrong with that.
Someone (gordongoblin) responded with a nice insight in the comments to my recent Christmas post:
"I disagree that Christmas is religious any more than Thursday is. It is a linguistic remnant that the name of a god is wedged into the name, nothing more. Christmas belongs to everyone now, just like Thursday does."I think that sums up everything there is to say quite succinctly. So what do YOU celebrate that has its origins or is typically associated with religion? I'm curious.
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