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THIS recent article in the joo-run ultra liberal Washington Post astonished me with it's blatant mockery. What could an atheist have to thank God for? And why would ANYONE willingly sit down to a Thanksgiving meal with a godmocker, on one of His special days? 
An atheist at the Thanksgiving table
What do you do when you’re an atheist and your family is going around the table before Thanksgiving dinner, praising the gods, people and things they are grateful for? Do you stay silent? Do you pretend to thank god? Do you thank yourself?
Of course not. Atheists have plenty to be thankful for -- without the need to include anything supernatural or non-existent on our lists.
Our families. Our children. Our health. Our friends. Our careers. Our communities.
The people who enrich our lives, who challenge us, and who support us no matter what we do or believe.
We’re thankful we’re alive when the odds against us even being born are overwhelming.
But maybe you want some specifics.
Last week, I attended Skepticon, one of the largest conferences in the nation for non-religious people. One attendee asked fellow conference-goers what they were thankful for and put the responses together in a video. As you watch it, note how there’s no shortage of people to thank -- even when god’s not in the picture:
My favorite response comes from the attendee who states that he’s thankful for losing his job this past week... because it allows him to pursue other projects he had been putting on the backburner for some time. Even when times are tough, it’s possible to find a silver lining.
To be sure, Christians could say pretty much all of the same things we said -- and many do. They just bring god to the front of the list. In fact, around this time of year, it’s easy for people to think god is the only possible answer to the “What are you thankful for?” question. When you talk to an atheist, though, you realize that there are many other ways to answer that question and they are all equally, and I would argue more, valid.
What do you do when you’re an atheist and your family is going around the table before Thanksgiving dinner, praising the gods, people and things they are grateful for? Do you stay silent? Do you pretend to thank god? Do you thank yourself?
Of course not. Atheists have plenty to be thankful for -- without the need to include anything supernatural or non-existent on our lists.
Our families. Our children. Our health. Our friends. Our careers. Our communities.
The people who enrich our lives, who challenge us, and who support us no matter what we do or believe.
We’re thankful we’re alive when the odds against us even being born are overwhelming.
But maybe you want some specifics.
Last week, I attended Skepticon, one of the largest conferences in the nation for non-religious people. One attendee asked fellow conference-goers what they were thankful for and put the responses together in a video. As you watch it, note how there’s no shortage of people to thank -- even when god’s not in the picture:
My favorite response comes from the attendee who states that he’s thankful for losing his job this past week... because it allows him to pursue other projects he had been putting on the backburner for some time. Even when times are tough, it’s possible to find a silver lining.
To be sure, Christians could say pretty much all of the same things we said -- and many do. They just bring god to the front of the list. In fact, around this time of year, it’s easy for people to think god is the only possible answer to the “What are you thankful for?” question. When you talk to an atheist, though, you realize that there are many other ways to answer that question and they are all equally, and I would argue more, valid.
Probably Hogging up on all that Good Gravy, too 
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