Atheists Do Have a Holiday: April 1st (April Fools Day)

First, I would like to ask that voters give a brief reason for decision in the comments. Now, Reasons I win this debate: 1) April 1st is NOT a holiday (for anyone) as it does not meet the definition of a holiday. If it isn't a holiday at all, it cant be an atheist holiday. I win this debate on this point alone, as my opponent did not dispute this at all. The title of the debate is "Atheists do have a holiday: April 1st;" if April 1st isn't a holiday, then it is impossible for ANYONE to have it as their holiday. Again, this argument was completely ignored by opponent, meaning I win on this point automatically (essentially its an argumentative forfeit on his part for what would equate to "not showing up" on a sports field). 2) My opponent has defined the atheist holiday as a time for atheists to "celebrate their non-belief" (his R2). I pointed out that April 1st has nothing to do with atheists celebrating their non-belief, so it does not meet my opponent's criteria for what an atheist holiday should be. My opponent's only response to this is one word: "scripture. " He doesn't elaborate or provide any analysis so I quite frankly don't know how he intends scripture to address this argument. I can guess what argument he might be trying to make (although he doesn't actually make it, he just says "scripture"), so I will address his non-argument here. While you may be correct that atheists are fools (as scripture states) and are thus tied to April 1st, that does not necessarily make the date an atheist holiday. As my opponent said, an atheist holiday must be a time for atheists to "celebrate their non-belief. " April 1st does not do this. I will point out that at no time did my opponent dispute my claim that April 1st had NOTHING to do with a celebration of non-faith. So, since April 1st has nothing to do with a celebration of non faith and since the atheist holiday must be a time for celebration of non faith, April 1st can not be the atheist holiday, despite the tie between atheists and April 1st. Think of it like this: A group simply having a tie to a certain date doesn't mean that date is their holiday. ON EITHER OF THESE TWO POINTS ALONE, I win. Both points illustrate how it is not possible for April 1st to be the atheist holiday. These are both offensive arguments for my position that were either dropped entirely or addressed so poorly that they might as well have been ignored. HOWEVER, if that is not enough to convince the judges (although it should be more than enough): My opponents entire argument rests on a scripture passage that says atheists are fools. However, he has provided no reason why a scripture passage has the ability to set a holiday. Why should scripture set the atheist holiday? Why shouldn't a book by Dawkins? What authority does scripture have to dictate holidays? To be blunt: why should we care what scripture says when setting holidays? My opponent's only answer: "Must I keep repeating the Scripture? " This does not answer my questions about the relevancy of scripture in any way. Please note that this isn't a case of a poorly developed argument, but a complete omission of an explanation for how his argument matters. My opponent simply doesn't explain how scripture is relevant. Christian scripture doesn't set Hindu holidays or Islamic holidays, why would it set atheists? Now you can see that: 1) My opponent provides no convincing reason why April 1st is an atheist holiday 2) It is impossible for April 1st to be an atheist holiday.