Athiest,when you sit down at the dinner table,especially with family at the holidays?

Question

Do you say prayer and bless your food?Or No?Why?

Answer 1

i say a prayer because i am thankful to have the food in front of me to eat and to nourish my body. i know there are other families that do not have the same food to eat. this is why i thank the lord not just at the dinner table but everyday for blessing me with a home, food and clothing for me and my family. even if u are not religious, i think just being grateful for the resources that you have in your life should be acknowledged. there are people that dont have a home, clean running water, clothing, decent shoes, soap, etc. atheists that say they do not pray acknowledge that they take for granted what they have in their reaches which to me is very sad. but we go back to the reason why they are atheists in the first place and how atheists act. it doesnt surprise me....

Answer 2

I don't pray, therefore I don't bless the food. If anybody asked me to say grace I would politely decline, then simply tune out until the prayer is over.

But I'm always the first one to raise my glass and propose a toast to the host/hostess, which I think constitutes the bare minimum requirement of true thankfulness.

Answer 3

I blessed the food three times. I did it calmly and with precision.
It's funny how chuch people seem to have no problem with you blessing the food, unless you come back and do it again and again; and then their true feelings begin to surface.

They don't really believe in God; they just believe in the ritual. But even that they begin to doubt, if you do it two times too many.

Answer 4

I am grateful to have food to eat. I am thankful to the farmers and ranchers and processors and transporters and to those who are more immediately involved in preparing the meal.

Let's assume that it's Christmas morning. Do you thank Santa for your gifts? Do you write to Santa before Christmas to ask for certain things?

If you don't believe that Santa is involved in the gifts, you probably don't do the things I asked about.

If a person does not believe in God, that person will not be likely to say prayers to God.

Answer 5

Yes - we say Grace at holidays. The rest of my family is Catholic. I usually add some humorous statement at the end of the thank you's, to lighten the mood a little.

Answer 6

If my family wants to pray, I bow my head, think about something else, like what I'm planning on doing later, or weather or not I locked the car, then when they're done, I look up and start eating.

Answer 7

I don't pray at the dinner table because I'm more concerned about my wife's cooking than any supernatural being.

Answer 8

No. I remain silent if others wish to pray, and I will hold hands if they wish to hold hands, but while they pray to their god, I'm thinking of the people who had to work hard to produce the food, the people who had to work hard to transport the food, the people who had to work hard to prepare the food, and the people who had to work hard to serve me my food.

And I'm remembering that all that is why I went to college, 'cause I'd hate having to do those kinda jobs.

Answer 9

I wouldn't think that an atheist would have holiday meals with family to celebrate any thing.. if they do then it would seem they are celebrating something... that's what the holidays are about ... right.. religious beliefs

Answer 10

Yes. Then we talk sh** about all those illegal immigrants helping to farm our food and doing the heavy labor for peanuts. Then we usually snack on a Jew.