I have heard that the phrase "good luck" is really not Christian.
I'm always amazed when someone who professes to be a Christian says to the asker, "God bless and good luck."
These two things--God's blessing and superstitious luck--do not interrelate.
From wikipedia article:
"Luck is a form of superstition which is interpreted differently by different individuals." {http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luck}
I perceive "luck" as a term of superstition and that it does not correlate with an expression of faith in Jesus.
What do you think?
2007-11-11 17:14:14 · 12 answers · asked by steinbeck11 6 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
ITA. Usually when I say "good luck" I always am reminded that I should have said "God bless" and I often amend myself.
2007-11-12 01:27:09 · answer #1 · answered by Blue Eyed Christian 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I think that saying "Good luck" is not normally, at least by most people, meant as an actually wishing of superstitious good fate to the other person. It's a traditional phrase that nowadays mostly means that you are hoping that everything goes right for the person and their future is bright.
That doesn't have anything to do with different religions, it just has to do with being kind and hoping good things will happen to other people.
2007-11-11 17:19:05 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 4⤊ 1⤋
Many say it without thinking. Really, it is wishing that the other person receives some blessing from a superstitious source.
The same goes for saying "Bless you" after someone sneezes. Many a time, a classmate would sneeze and then look at me expectantly.
I know what they're expecting me to say, so I say "What?"
2007-11-12 05:56:49 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Live according to it's principles? And what principles are those? Besides, I don't use the phrase... There isn't enough evidence to prove the evolutionary theory that man came from an ape. The fossil record is not favorable.
2016-04-03 08:57:19 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
"Good luck" may have meant something different a long, long, time ago, in some other civilization, but what is relevant is what it means now. It just means that you hope things go well.
However, if you try hard enough, you can always find something to nit-pick about.
2007-11-12 03:46:08 · answer #5 · answered by browneyedgirl 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Theism is superstition:
superstition: 1. A. A belief held in spite of evidence to the contrary. 2. a. A belief, practice, or rite resulting from ignorance of the laws of nature or from faith in magic or chance. b. A fearful or abject state of mind resulting from such ignorance or irrationality. [American Heritage Dictionary, Second College Edition]
2007-11-11 17:29:03 · answer #6 · answered by YY4Me 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Meanings of words change over time. It means the same as God Bless, but more politically correct.
2007-11-12 03:12:17 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
It means you are wishing someone to find random blessings and fortune with out God.
2007-11-12 04:28:59 · answer #8 · answered by keiichi 6 · 3⤊ 0⤋
"Good luck" is easier than "I am hoping that you do well in whatever to are about to do". Thats why I say it. I think the person to which I am speaking with does not analyse this is my belief in superstition.
2007-11-11 17:22:27 · answer #9 · answered by RedE1 3 · 3⤊ 1⤋
I have never thought of " Good luck " being a bad thing. It might not have Christians origin, but it sets somehow a positive tone.
2007-11-11 23:37:49 · answer #10 · answered by Nina, BaC 7 · 0⤊ 2⤋