2006-06-28 05:55:15 · 42 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
What difference does it make.... either way its asking blessings on someone.
2006-06-28 05:59:29 · answer #1 · answered by impossble_dream 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Blessed Be The Name Of The Lord!
2006-07-12 02:59:22 · answer #2 · answered by Ms. Nita 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Christians say both.
The reason Pagans say "Blessed be" rather than "Be Blessed" is that they wanted something to sound ancient and so they lifted it from Shakespeare.
April 25, 1616
Burial of William Shakespeare
Shakespeare was buried in the chancel of Holy Trinity Church in Stratford. On his tomb is the warning:
Good friend for Jesus sake forbeare,
To dig the dust enclosed here.
Blessed be the man that spares these stones,
And cursed be he that moves my bones.
2006-06-28 06:15:47 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Blessings of all sorts have developed in many different ways over the centuries, it was not a trade off or attempt to copy. Also remember that pagans were prayng to trees and the early Christians were concecrating the tree to to show the true path.
2006-06-28 06:06:04 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
NO I suppose you must think blessed be is a Wicca term. Satan tries to still everything Christmas with Satan claws Easter with a rabbit the inverted cross the star morning also inverted pentagram satan wants to be God, well everything that was created was created was by God for God. whats the opposite of love evol well i guess this wasn't the answer you was looking for. This world is one big mental institution you either get well or you go to hell. God bless you do you know to blessed is to be given gifts from God.
2006-06-28 06:10:05 · answer #5 · answered by jamnjims 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I find it extremely amusing, beings that blessed be is a Wiccan blessing & they * Christian's * turned it backwards to ignore the true orgin of it. Funny, funny, funny.
2006-06-28 06:01:06 · answer #6 · answered by evlevo85 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
What is amusing about that. It's the same thing either way. You have a strange sence of humor.
What I find really interesting is that why sooooo many non believers in God or in his word, who love to scoff and poke fun at Christains, let God, and Christianity haunt them so much. Could it be God knocking at their hearts door? I'd say yes to that!
2006-07-08 14:14:55 · answer #7 · answered by Carol M 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
That's not that strange. The early church used a lot of pagan holidays, rituals, etc. masked by their own saints and holidays in order to promote their religion when it was starting out. It was easier for the church to bring in "pagans" if they were already using the same traditions and what not but simply changed the names or the story slightly ( i.e. the goddess and the virgin mary and immaculate conception) to suit their needs.
2006-06-28 06:08:02 · answer #8 · answered by Chris 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Be Blessed or Blessed Be is the same thing to me.
2006-07-11 09:51:00 · answer #9 · answered by gail c 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I am a christian and I never use the phrase be blessed, I might say God bless you.
2006-07-11 12:13:36 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋