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Sayinn God Bless You To Someone That Sneezes Is A Sin by mumumugu(m): 2:42pm On Nov 09, 2014
How can I get people to stop saying “God bless you” after I sneeze?


I’m serious. Any suggestions?

I’m so sick of being blessed on a daily basis but society has made it rude not to say “bless you” after someone sneezes and so I get to hear it. All the time. What’s worse is I feel obligated to say, “Thank you” in response because, again, society has decided that it is rude not to.


I know that most people obviously aren’t saying it in a religious sense (anymore), more as a knee-jerk reaction to a sometimes startling bodily function, but I can’t seem to get over the religiosity of it.


Why can’t we follow the norms of non-English speaking cultures that wish health on someone when they sneeze? The Germans say, “Gesundheit” which means health, the Spanish say, “Salud” which means health and even the Irish say, “Sláinte” which means good health. Why must we insert a reminder of god into every little thing we do?!
Na god make you sneeze?

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Re: Sayinn God Bless You To Someone That Sneezes Is A Sin by Aybee92(m): 2:49pm On Nov 09, 2014
So wat makes it a sin undecided
Re: Sayinn God Bless You To Someone That Sneezes Is A Sin by Infomizer(m): 3:34pm On Nov 09, 2014
It's not a sin. It only has superstitious origins.
Re: Sayinn God Bless You To Someone That Sneezes Is A Sin by mumumugu(m): 12:48am On Nov 11, 2014
Is God responsible for the sneeze

Aybee92:
So wat makes it a sin undecided

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