[hosepipe]

[ You are confused a bit. You are confusing Atheists, people who are religiously anti-religious zealots and atheists, who are people who do not think there is a deity of any kind. Atheists despise Christmas and anything Christian. atheists either celebrate Christmas with the rest of their family or they ignore it. ]

Hmmmmmmm...........
Berkeley right... Nobody can parse minutia like a denizen of Berkeley.. except maybe some at UCLA..

Very Sarte'ian of you.. or even Kierkegaard'ian..
Actually only Professor Irwin Cory could best that display of circular logic..

"Marriage is like a bank account. You put it in, you take it out, you lose interest." -- Professor Irwin Cory

[Cyber Ninja]

http://www.m-w.com/cgi-bin/dictionary?book=Dictionary&va=atheist

Pronunciation: 'A-thE-ist
Function: noun
: one who believes that there is no deity

The language continues to be twisted.
Like ‘gay’ = ‘homosexual’. When someone writes
“An atheist hates anything Christian”;
they are not correct.

The English Language does not have a word for
“Jesus-hating -- Christian-loathing –
Ten-Commandment-trashing – ACLU-loving --
anti-religious zealots.

Maybe we could call them HACORs (Hates
Anything Christian Or Religious)

While HACORs may be atheists, they
certainly hate Jesus, Jesus’ Father,
Christians, evangelicals, the Ten
Commandments, etc.

atheists are only “one who believes
that there is no deity”. They don't
necessarily hate anything.

Remember C. S. Lewis started out as an atheist.