AT Christmas time, Yorkshire Post readers, spare a thought for the thousands of atheists in the country; their children waking up on Christmas morning, no presents around the tree (no tree), because Santa hasn’t been to them. Mummy and daddy have told them that Jesus wasn’t born and there is no such thing as Father Christmas as he is just a figment of God’s imagination (work that one out).
No midnight mass, carols, turkey, pudding, mince pies, no lights, wine, laughing and joking, no mistletoe, no Christmas cards or screams of joy when ripping off the wrapping paper, no children showing their friends what he’s brought them, all because of mummy and daddy’s lack of knowledge and faith.
Same the rest of the year, no Mother’s Day (Mothering Sunday) when members of the breakaway church took flowers back to the mother church, no pancakes for Shrove Tuesday before Lent, no hot cross buns or Easter eggs commemorating the Resurrection, no Whitsuntide to celebrate the founding of the Christian church, no St George’s or St Patrick’s day because there is no such thing as saints.
Yes, spare a thought for them and their children, what a sad unhappy lot they must be – answers on a postcard please.
a) Mr Platt has, perhaps somewhat disingenuously, failed to spot standard atheistic hypocrisy.
b) He may or may not be aware of the great lengths to which atheists will go in order to undermine Christian belief - even to the extent of embracing religious paganism in order to do so!
c) It is just possible - a long shot, I admit - that he has been employing irony!
