2006-08-04 04:20:47 · 12 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
when u sneeze and someone says "god blees u" they mean that god protect u from all the other people's bad intentions and diseases.
thats wat islam says as far as i know. god knows best.
2006-08-04 05:05:44 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
Old habits do die hard, don't they? "Bless You," or, "God Bless You," is a several hundred year old saying that originated from the belief that when a person sneezed, they were expelling their soul from their body, and the person saying "God bless you," said thus in hopes that God would bless the spirit to return to the body before a dark entity, demon, etc. could enter it and take possession of the person.
Now, I am wiccan, but when someone says, "God bless you" to me, I still say thank you. Common courtesy. Although with the advent of athiesm, this phrase has been shortened to simply "bless you." Slowly, but slowly do we change our ways.
2006-08-04 12:50:38 · answer #2 · answered by Jylsamynne 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
God Bless You has a pagan origin because pagans believed that when a person sneezes, a bad spirit travels to your nose. God condemned paganism, so it is inapproperiate for a true christian to say bless you when someone sneezes.
2006-08-04 11:26:44 · answer #3 · answered by AnGeL 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I never say even just "Bless you". Not for religious purposes so much as because people used to believe your soul was trying to leave your body. Now that we know that's not why we sneeze saying anything afterward is jus not necessary....progress....
2006-08-04 11:25:30 · answer #4 · answered by Brooke 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
When I sneeze, sometimes I bless my surrounding from both ends
2006-08-04 11:29:37 · answer #5 · answered by ? 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
This tradition is originally brought by Mohammad PBUH as he ordered Muslims who sneeze to praise God and other Muslims to say to them “The mercy of God are on you”, did you know that?
2006-08-04 11:30:37 · answer #6 · answered by lukman 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I say bless you to be nice because I feel bad for them. I guess I just made up my own reason for saying it. I do that a lot~ I guess you have to make your own meaning in life to make it your own life!
2006-08-04 11:39:52 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I often say "bless you" but am sure to leave the magic sky pixie out of it. Gazuntyte
2006-08-04 11:27:02 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
How exactly does this show respect?
And how highly does one think ofthemselves to garner such an opinion?
2006-08-04 11:25:18 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
its a nice way of telling you"stop being a nose dripping, germ spreading prick and get the hell out my face when u do that"
2006-08-04 11:26:04 · answer #10 · answered by santosh s 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋