I thought easter was a day to find colored eggs hidden in bushes with candy & $ inside them. When did church come into the picture? If i go to church, all the eggs will be gone by the time it gets out.
Easter is a festival adapted from the pagans, I think it's funny how christians complain about 'false gods' and have pagan practices. I won't be in church for sure, but I will definitely eat a chocolate rabbit.
I suppose this question is rhetorical or intended to be antagonistic. But I will simply answer the question, the short answer is no. The reality is that as atheists we have no reason to celebrate this event. In our world the events celebrated did not happen. The concept that a man rose from the dead, after three days and nights no less, is ludicrous to say the least. It violates all laws of nature and science and belief in it is based on the testimony of a book that has undergone so many edits and revisions that it is illogical to presume that any of its claims are supportable or based on fact. To put it simply the question of the existence of Jesus at all is tenuous at best, and that he was who he is represented as in the modern Christian church is even more unlikely.
Not too mention that the Bibles claims and morality are contradictory to so many other equally revered and ancient texts as well as itself. The bible is clearly the work of man given it's lack of consistency and anachronistic laws and parables. Surely the work of a divine and all powerful creator would not need interpretation or modification to remain relevant. I understand the "gotta have faith" argument, however I feel it is too simple and apologetic to be the basis of a religion.
You must understand that atheists do not choose to disbelieve the contents of the bible, they are unable to. This is not a choice, it is an exercise in being honest too ones self. My life would be far easier if I just got in line with the other sheep and followed the almighty shepherd, but I am unable to believe that he exists. I can no sooner believe in the Christian god then I can flap my arms and will myself to fly.
So many religious holidays have come and gone over the eons of our existence and this one is no different. I will surmise my case by asking you an equally rhetorical question designed to be antagonistic:
How can you participate in a religion that has proven itself time and again to be so morally reprehensible?
(e.g. it degrades women, robs homosexuals of the joy of their lover, celebrates murder for offenses, has killed millions of people that opposed it's views, has numerous cases of pedophilia against it, and interferes in the very governments it pays no taxes too)
Absolutely, I plan on being in church not only on Easter Sunday, but each and every Lord's Day. My family loves to attend church and we enjoy worshiping God in Spirit and in truth. Psalm 122:1 says, "I was glad when they said unto me, Let us go into the house of the Lord." Worshiping God in a church service is a highlight of each and every week!
Why when we do not believe in it? I tell my children why easter is celebrated, saying a man named jesus died and christians hold he was the son of god. I also tell then that the whole easter thing comes from a pagan tradition.
I get them a few chocolate eggs and leave it at that.