God bless you for spreading filthy germs? What's the meaning of this?! "God" bless you. Goodness.
2006-06-09 13:21:35 · 34 answers · asked by ♠♠♠ 3 in Society & Culture ➔ Etiquette
Some people believe that when you are sneezing you are open to deamon and evils in general. By saying "god bless you" they are "protecting" you from evil.
2006-06-09 13:24:24 · answer #1 · answered by mizbehavingirl 4 · 5⤊ 2⤋
Because back in the old days when people sneezed they thought the devil would get into u when u sneezed so they said god bless u to keep the evil spirits away
2006-06-09 13:25:36 · answer #2 · answered by Sexybaby 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I always heard they say "God Bless You" when you sneeze because your heart stops for that second, but that could just be an old wifes tale.
In Spain they say "Good Health" the first time you sneeze, "Money" the second time, and "Death" the third time. LOL, I thought that is kind of funny.
2006-06-09 13:28:55 · answer #3 · answered by MindStorm 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Some old guy at a nursing home once told me that in the olden days, if a person sneezed, it meant that their soul was trying to escape from their bodies and the only way to save it was for someone to say God bless you.
God bless you, and don't let the devil snatch your soul.
2006-06-09 13:27:19 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I was told it came from the Middle Ages, at the time of the Plague in Europe. When people sneezed and blood came out (a sign they might have plague), people said "God bless you", in the hopes that they will go to heaven.
2006-06-09 13:28:00 · answer #5 · answered by bellegurl17 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Some religious people believe that when you sneeze, the devil can enter you at that moment. Saying God Bless You is said to rid you of the evil spirit or prevent it from entering you.
2006-06-09 13:24:39 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I always heard that it was because when you sneezed you opened your body to possession so you needed to be blessed. Your heart doesn't stop when you sneeze. The link bellow goes to the urban legends on God Bless you.
2006-06-09 13:28:47 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
The english story is..... at the time of the commonwealth, when smallpox was going around , people believed that sneezing was a sign of smallpox, so when some1 sneezed every1 was all "god bless you" in hope that god will save that person from the smallpox disease because smallpox killed in those days.
2006-06-10 01:55:35 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
In olden times people thought that your spirit left your body when you sneezed. So in order to make sure that you were able to return to your body and not some other, malevolent spirit, people blessed you. So it became custom to say "God Bless you" when you sneezed.
2006-06-09 13:27:45 · answer #9 · answered by oman396 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Your heart stops for a second and people believed that you would be sneezing out good things inside your sould and so they are having "God bless" your soul......
2006-06-09 13:26:15 · answer #10 · answered by SMBest 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It was believed that when you sneezed your soul left your body for a short time and saying "God bless you" would protect you.
2006-06-09 13:24:49 · answer #11 · answered by Simmy 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋