What would be a good holiday for atheists?

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08 Apr 2012, 8:19 pm

For our first course; the Ediacaran epoch, the mysterious Precambrian life that may have been the original genesis on this planet. We'll start you out with some Kimberella cutlets with a side of these quilted bag looking things nobody has quite figured out yet

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08 Apr 2012, 8:23 pm

Vigilans wrote:

Quilt = fruit roll up, looks kind of like a small blanket

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08 Apr 2012, 8:25 pm

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I agree with your entire post. I would be happy to settle for a day celebrating agnosticism! Are there any other candidates? Carl Sagan's birthday would be at least as satisfying to me.

I'm in!

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08 Apr 2012, 8:28 pm

Madeline Murray O'hare's birthday.

She brought the law suit that got prayers out of the public schools.

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08 Apr 2012, 8:58 pm

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On topic: Darwin Day seems reasonable to me. What would you do to celebrate Darwin Day? Light bonfires? Eat a special meal with food items chosen to represent evolutionary development?

Something like the Reason Rally seems appropriate. Individuals might want to read something educational. Today, I made a point of watching a couple of lectures by Lawrence Krauss about "Science and Religion" and another one by him about Richard Feynman. Feynman is another agnostic who is worthy of celebrating.

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08 Apr 2012, 8:59 pm

I don't mind Easter as long as it doesn't affect me. But it does. I have to hear people whine and complain, and socialize. And it may just be where I live, almost every damn store is closed. So ya, I think holidays are BS. I believe in god, so technically I'm not an atheist, but I don't belong to any religion currently. Atheists are just as annoying as religious people. Everyday should be a normal day. Call it atheist day or Christian day. I don't care.

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08 Apr 2012, 9:00 pm

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Madeline Murray O'hare's birthday.

She brought the law suit that got prayers out of the public schools.

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I admire her and her accomplishments. I would vote for it, but what is the chance of passing such a proposal? Look at how hard it was to get a holiday in the US celebrating Martin Luther King. He is a good example of someone whom I can celebrate despite his religious reputation.

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09 Apr 2012, 12:52 am

Darwin day: visit tidepools, forests, etc and poke around to find interesting animals - or an aquarium with a touching pool, something like that. At the end of the day, a mulit-taxon gumbo with various veggies and meat from multiple groups: shrimp, fish, chicken, maybe some calamari... I don't usually eat a lot of meat, but I can make an exception for religious reasons

Carl Sagan day: stay up all night, especially going out to the country somewhere, to look at the stars? Maybe visit an observatory if one is near you? Other suggestions?

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09 Apr 2012, 1:08 am

I don't care what day it is, but it should called "Logic Day" or some such.

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09 Apr 2012, 2:50 am

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Carl Sagan day: stay up all night, especially going out to the country somewhere, to look at the stars? Maybe visit an observatory if one is near you? Other suggestions?

Darwin day: I like your suggestions. A good day for a trip to the zoo.

Carl Sagan day: Great suggestions there too. I would add replaying "Cosmos" every year on his birthday, like certain films they show annually around xmas. Maybe check out images from the Hubble telescope on the web.

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09 Apr 2012, 3:10 am

nonsense day the one day a year where all atheist can let go of there logic and dabble in the realm of spontaneous eruption dance and the love of meaningless syntax.

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09 Apr 2012, 3:56 am

thedaywalker wrote:

nonsense day the one day a year where all atheist can let go of there logic and dabble in the realm of spontaneous eruption dance and the love of meaningless syntax.

That sounds like fun. Kind of a holiday from reason. We could have an Unreasonable Rally! :lol:

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09 Apr 2012, 4:08 am

P B Shelley day. A day for mountain climbing and insulting clergy. Dinner would unfortantely consist of nuts and fruits, though.

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09 Apr 2012, 12:08 pm

Christmas would be a good day, since a lot of other people are already in observance, and other atheists seem to be trying to make it happen, with their holiday signs and all.

The theme should be togetherness and observance of the awesomeness of the unknown. But this won't happen because Atheism is too divisive as it is.

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09 Apr 2012, 4:10 pm

Rocky wrote:

Carl Sagan day: Great suggestions there too. I would add replaying "Cosmos"

How often? Billyuns and billyuns of times.

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09 Apr 2012, 4:16 pm

I think we should claim International Talk Like a Pirate Day as our own.

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