2007-07-04 05:55:45 · 12 answers · asked by lend322 4 in Society & Culture ➔ Etiquette
because when you sneeze your heart stops.
2007-07-04 05:58:11 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
When you sneeze your heart stops for a very very short moment. You say "God bless you" b/c God has made your heart start working again. Otherwise you would have died.
2007-07-04 06:03:27 · answer #2 · answered by zeeM 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It is an old Irish superstition that when you sneeze and your heart stops for that one millisecond, the deons can steal your soul. So, you say God Bless You to scare those demons away.
2007-07-04 07:47:35 · answer #3 · answered by sylkwill 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Because in the superstitious Old days, people believed that when you sneezed your soul could escape from your body and be stolen by the devil or something. So, they said "God Bless You" in order to protect your soul.
2007-07-04 06:00:10 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Because supposly your suppose to be letting out the "Devil" and "Evil Spirits" that were inside you. I had a world religions class, and cant remember which religion it was, but thats why they say "God Bless You" after you sneeze.
2007-07-04 05:59:38 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
because that's the closes you come to dieing before you actually die.your heart stops beating.when the saying first started after you sneeve people would make sure your heart started again,they would say god blessed you.over the years now people just say god bless you.
2007-07-04 06:24:49 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
It was believed that when you sneezed, your soul left your body and evil spirits could invade, so blessing you stopped that!
2007-07-04 06:00:30 · answer #7 · answered by Sal*UK 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Because the timing is more difficult, when they try to say it, before you sneeze.
2007-07-04 06:33:24 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
because exactly the moment you sneeze , ur heart stops for a few miliseconds.
2007-07-04 05:59:05 · answer #9 · answered by wanderingyouth 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Historically, it was believed that one was expelling demons when they sneezed.
2007-07-04 05:59:40 · answer #10 · answered by Michelle W 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋