Atheists are spending this Christian holiday the way they spend most of them — by pointing out its absurdities on social media sites like Twitter.

Noted atheist Richard Dawkins, for example, asked a very loaded question of his followers this morning:

Who is the most over-rated person in history? — Richard Dawkins (@RichardDawkins) April 5, 2015

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Comedian Ricky Gervais took a more circumspect approach, but was no less withering for doing so:

Have a lovely Easter. And remember, if you don't sin, then Jesus died for nothing. — Ricky Gervais (@rickygervais) April 5, 2015

I don't know why some people get upset by jokes about Jesus. It's not like he's dead or anything. — Ricky Gervais (@rickygervais) April 5, 2015

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Neil deGrasse Tyson, as is his wont, tried to harsh Christian’s buzz by pointing out that they almost had to wait another week for Christ to rise:

FYI: Easter barely lands on April 5th. RULE: First Sunday after first Full Moon after March Equinox. Full Moon is Saturday. — Neil deGrasse Tyson (@neiltyson) April 3, 2015

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2015: If this year’s April full Moon arrived 12 hours later, it would fall on Sunday, April 5th, pushing Easter to April 12th — Neil deGrasse Tyson (@neiltyson) April 3, 2015

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Atheists of the non-famous variety were trying to decide what to do on a day in which the majority of stores and restaurants are closed:

Tales of an atheist Easter: sleep until 10:30 and then go to Taco Bell. — Christina (@xtina1229) April 5, 2015

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Atheist on Easter: I guess I'll watch porn since the mall is closed? — Hotel Romeo Whiskey (@Srfbort) April 5, 2015

As an atheist, I find Easter to be a really weird time of year. "Here's a 3 day weekend, but you can't fucking do anything!" — Gary Bacon (@GaryWBacon) April 5, 2015

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Some Christians even embraced atheism, in a manner of speaking:

Celebrating Easter Sunday by letting an atheist sleep drunk on my couch. #HeIsRisen — Dalton Pulliam (@DaltonPulliam) April 5, 2015

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This is not to say that atheists haven’t found some way to celebrate the day:

Many, however, are content to note the irony behind one of Christianity’s most sacred days:

Today is the one day it's socially acceptable to believe in and publicly worship a zombie. #Easter2015 #ZombieJesus — JoshIsProbablyOnFire (@bobtimasprime) April 5, 2015

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On a scale of 1 to Hell, how wrong is it to respond to "He Is Risen" by screaming "Shoot it in the head!"? #HappyEaster #ZombieJesus — Chuck Baudelaire (@DrunkBaudelaire) April 5, 2015

He died for our sins He came back for our brains #ZombieJesus — A$AP Dannie (@_Wanted_Dead) April 5, 2015

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