Anguished Atheism?

Especially around this time of year, if people find out you're an atheist, they feel badly for you and assume you feel the same about yourself. The video below discusses this:



You don't need an often overtly commodified holiday or a god to be thankful. If you really felt that way, you wouldn't wait all year to show your satisfaction and spread positive intentions. People - not just family and friends, but everyone in your community, and beyond - don't stop needing love and help just because the fat man in the red suit or jesus/god flew up into the sky, bidding farewell until his return.

For those that do celebrate the holidays with your family and friends, I ask you to question whether you will see them anytime between now and the next holiday season. If you won't, then you either aren't prioritizing properly (barring monetary issues, work or/and school scheduling conflicts, and/or vast amounts of space between one another) or you don't really care about them... If it's the latter, think about why you see them in the first place. Often the latent answer is religion, overbearing with guilt and obligation.

Today, more then ever, I am glad I am not religious. I can still gorge on food and drink (the first being a form of gluttony which many churchgoers partake in, the latter being against LDS teachings) and look at pretty lights (made cuter by cannabinoids) banded with friends who otherwise would have been alone today.