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It's time we all stopped saying 'God Bless You' (when people sneeze)
NY Daily News ^ | March 16, 2017 | Ariel Scotti

Posted on 03/16/2017 2:35:20 PM PDT by Zakeet

Please stop acknowledging my bodily functions.

"Bless you" is a phrase so reflexively spoken upon hearing a sneeze that many of us forgot or don't even know where it came from. It has obvious religious connotations but they're archaic and no longer make any sense in our modern-day world. You don't protect your friend from the devil when she coughs so please, let her sneeze in peace. Here are five reasons why "bless you" has to go.

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2. Religious political correctness. You never know who you're trying to bless and not everyone's going to be receptive of your random act of kindness. Atheists, for example, might respond to a "bless you" with a roll of the eyes. Someone of another faith may not appreciate your blessings if they perceive you to be of another (potentially opposing) set of beliefs.

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TOPICS: Culture/Society; Editorial; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: atheism; blessing; chitchat; pc; sneeze
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To: Zakeet

Since it irritates Ariel Scotti so much, I say ‘continue to use it.’


21 posted on 03/16/2017 2:46:25 PM PDT by TomGuy
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To: Zakeet

Is stopping now enough, or do have to shout “I condemn you to Hell for all of eternity for sneezing in my presence you pestilent cretin” at every sneeze?


22 posted on 03/16/2017 2:47:43 PM PDT by KarlInOhio (a government contract becomes virtually a substitute for intellectual curiosity - Pres. Eisenhower)
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To: Zakeet

It’s time we all stopped saying ‘God Bless You’ (when people sneeze)
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the hell it is.

I say it every single time. it is religious and cultural.

I will not have my religion or culture taken from me.


23 posted on 03/16/2017 2:47:44 PM PDT by Chickensoup (Leftists today are speaking as if they plan to commence to commit genocide against conservatives.)
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To: Zakeet

‘God bless you’ has a different meaning down here in the south.


24 posted on 03/16/2017 2:47:54 PM PDT by Fhios (Right now it looks like the condemned dragging their feet on the way to the gallows.)
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To: Zakeet

Medical science shows that your heart slows and can “skip” a beat when you sneeze. While this won’t kill you, people with already low blood pressure may pass out.


25 posted on 03/16/2017 2:48:43 PM PDT by PJBankard
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To: Zakeet

I’m NOT going to read Ariel Scotti’s stupid column because it’s obvious to me that s/he has time to waste and I don’t.


26 posted on 03/16/2017 2:48:44 PM PDT by onyx (Donate Monthly ~ Join 300 Club!)
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To: Zakeet

You need a shrink, Ariel. Your neuroses are personal. :-)


27 posted on 03/16/2017 2:48:50 PM PDT by TigersEye (We all have a stake in MAGA! We all need to contribute our efforts.)
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To: Zakeet

Ok. If that doesn’t work for you, how ‘bout ‘*U*K You’.


28 posted on 03/16/2017 2:49:33 PM PDT by Governor Dinwiddie
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To: Zakeet

And people say work camps are a bad things. But if this person has time to think up crap like this they have time to lay down a few miles of tarmac in the hot Louisiana sun. Just for starters.


29 posted on 03/16/2017 2:49:46 PM PDT by lastchance (Credo.)
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To: Zakeet

well bless her little heart...


30 posted on 03/16/2017 2:49:48 PM PDT by left that other site (You shall know the Truth, and The Truth Shall Set You Free.)
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To: Zakeet

What if we rate her performance? “Wow, that was impressive.” or “Well, I thought from the wind-up it would be more substantial than it was.”


31 posted on 03/16/2017 2:49:52 PM PDT by Hoffer Rand (God be greater than the worries in my life, be stronger than the weakness in my mind, be magnified.)
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To: Zakeet

i suggest this guy mind his own business because I will say what I want to say.


32 posted on 03/16/2017 2:50:05 PM PDT by dforest
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To: \/\/ayne

May God bless her pea picking precious heart many times over.


33 posted on 03/16/2017 2:50:56 PM PDT by lastchance (Credo.)
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To: Tennessee Nana

ha ha.

You beat me to it! :-)


34 posted on 03/16/2017 2:51:17 PM PDT by left that other site (You shall know the Truth, and The Truth Shall Set You Free.)
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To: Zakeet

OK. I’ll start yelling Allahu Akbar when someone sneezes. Let’s see how that goes over with PC Libs.


35 posted on 03/16/2017 2:51:20 PM PDT by Opinionated Blowhard ("When the people find they can vote themselves money, that will herald the end of the republic.")
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To: Fhios

Is that like “Bless Your Heart”?


36 posted on 03/16/2017 2:52:00 PM PDT by Bernard (The Road To Hell Is Not Paved With Good Results)
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To: Zakeet

>>Atheists, for example, might respond to a “bless you” with a roll of the eyes. Someone of another faith may not appreciate your blessings if they perceive you to be of another (potentially opposing) set of beliefs.

For you will heap burning coals on his head,
And the LORD will reward you.


37 posted on 03/16/2017 2:52:25 PM PDT by Bryanw92 (If we had some ham, we could have ham and eggs, if we had some eggs.)
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To: left that other site

:)


38 posted on 03/16/2017 2:53:54 PM PDT by Tennessee Nana
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To: Zakeet

Snowflakes such as Miss Snotti, getting nowhere with their “traditional” petty complaints, are just exploring new reasons to be offended by normal people.


39 posted on 03/16/2017 2:54:27 PM PDT by glennaro
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To: Zakeet

These libs are a barrel of fun, aren’t they?


40 posted on 03/16/2017 2:55:25 PM PDT by NohSpinZone (First thing we do, let's kill all the lawyers)
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