And just ignore the cook, the grocers, the butchers, bakers, transporters, farmers, economists, the people that invented the machines that enable us to get so much food so quickly, our parents for giving birth to us so we would be there to eat the food, our boss, our co-workers because without them our job would be out of business and we'd have no money, our teachers, our friends, our fellow students, all of the nice people driving on the road who didn't run into you and kill you, the politicians, the Egyptians, Greeks and Romans, the British, the Japanese, Steve Irwin, whoever invented paperclips and whoever invented staples, the people who invented the polio vaccine, HIV for not catching you back in 1981 when you had that blood transfusion,....
2006-12-28 00:40:03 · 22 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
You're right...I forgot about thanking Bill Middlebrook.
http://www.ideafinder.com/history/inventions/paperclip.htm
2006-12-28 00:52:29 · answer #1 · answered by 4999_Basque 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
But without God we could not have done any of those things. Without God there would be no food for cooks to cook or grocers to cell. There would be no animals for the butcher to hack up. There would be no supplies for the baker and there would be no fuel for the transporters and nothing to transport. Without God my boss would have nothing to do and the same with my co-workers. Without God none of what you mentioned above would even be possible.
2006-12-28 01:31:31 · answer #2 · answered by tas211 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
We Muslims, before we eat, we say
Bismillaahi-Rahmaani-Raheem
Which means
In the name of Allaah, the Entirely Mericful, the Especially Merciful.
And if you don't say that, the devil eats with you, and there is no blessings in your food.
After we have aten, we say
Alhamdulillaah
Which means
Praise be to Allaah.
So that's thanking him.
We Muslims thank God for everything, and have short invocations for each action.
At the end of the day, God is the one that created everything, and it was his Will that we recieved the food to eat.
If you need more information, contact me.
2006-12-28 01:00:33 · answer #3 · answered by Mr Stick 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
You should thank God only if you believe He provided the food. I personally add in my prayers thanks and blessing for the hands that prepared the meal. Because if the cooks, grocers, butchers, bakers, transporters, weren't blessed and watched what they were doing, then I'd be suffering from food poisoning right now.
2006-12-28 00:45:25 · answer #4 · answered by pathfindercia 2 · 2⤊ 1⤋
Sure....
But which one?
God of Bakers
God of Butchers
God of Cooks
God of Transporters <'Peterbuilt', the Apostle?>
God of Farmers
God of Machines
So many deities.... so little time before my food gets cold.....
2006-12-28 00:56:43 · answer #5 · answered by wolf560 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I thank God before I eat and ask His blessing on the food. I thank God for the other things during regular prayer time.
2006-12-28 00:43:25 · answer #6 · answered by RB 7 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Yes, we could thank the Flying Spaghetti Monster before we eat pasta. It does not realy make sense since we worship Him when we cook and eat pasta.
Ramen !
2006-12-28 00:48:44 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
OK, you want to joke about those things, but they are serious. If you are serious about your question, it wouldn't hurt to read some theology (about first and second causes). Rest assured: I pray for everyone involved in the fact I am able to eat each particular meal, as well as for those less fortunate who happen not to have anything to eat at that moment...
2006-12-28 00:46:44 · answer #8 · answered by Cristian Mocanu 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
How about including this in your prayer. Dear God I thank you for the food before me and for all those who made it possible for me to have it.
2006-12-28 00:45:32 · answer #9 · answered by john h 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Uh, what does the second half have to do with eating? From "our boss" on has nothing to do with food. Especially paperclips.
2006-12-28 00:44:49 · answer #10 · answered by sister steph 6 · 1⤊ 1⤋