New heights of stupidity

Of course, it's stupidity from where I'm sitting, but clearly there are those out there that think that this is logical. Pardon my soapbox, but it just struck me as odd. Now, I'm all about 1st Amendment rights and all, including the one about free speech, but sometimes, people need to think about their speech before they say it. So, the atheists and agnostics and the like have come together to put this ad out in D.C. just in time for Christmas. I find it interesting that they chose Christmas for this. Follow my logic, if you will. Christmas-> Santa Claus-> Saint Nicholas-> "Saint" giving reference to a religious person who did good things-> "Religion"- completely taboo for atheists, therefore causing them to despise the "source" of the holiday-> thereby causing them to despise the holiday itself and all references to anything non-"Happy Holidays" and actually seeking to change it. Why, then, if they hate this time of year so much, do they chose to promote their beliefs on the most despised part of the calendar? Is it because people are emotionally driven, with all the snow, and the lights, and so on and what not? They think that people will start pondering why they're doing what they're doing? Who knows. Even if people don't truly understand the real meaning of Christmas, what's wrong with letting them do things to please the god that they think exists? Why take that away from them? Please don't misunderstand me. I don't think that doing good works for a false religion is right, it's just the facts of man. All men know at some level that God exists. Some have chosen to suppress that knowledge. Some haven't heard the Good News. Some replace that knowledge with vain attempts to create their own god. The sin nature combined with a knowledge of a god lead them to do good things in order to satisfy their own consciences. This usually seems to peak around Christmas time, when people are most emotional and sentimental..........

Anyway, back to my point.......Leave it to the atheists to use a holiday they don't believe in, despise, and try to obliterate, to try to convert people to their way of thinking. It's like using Ramadan to convert people to Christianity. It just doesn't make sense. But, that's just me. I guess there are thousands, if not millions, of people out there that think it makes excellent sense. Whatever. It's a way to make money and convert followers. The joys of capitalism. Enjoy it while it lasts. :)