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Posted: Tue Aug 08, 2006 12:17 am
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My first slightly pithy answer is that in the case of sneezing, "bless you" is such a cultural fixture, religious meaning has vanished from it for most people. And as such a cultural fixture, even if you're aware of why you might not want to say it, it's really hard to untrain yourself to something else.
But that's the pithy part. Outside of that, I really see no reason to go around with a Father Knows Best attitude in their blessings. Part of the problem is that there are the casual and frequently empty words that are tossed out because they're considered in some way to be a politeness or a cute way to say things. Like "blessed be," and such. Sometimes, the intent is there, a lot of the time, it's tossed off without thinking. Whether the intent matters or not may be debatable, my personal stance is that if no actual thought is really given to what's being said, it kind of fizzles, since the input is so low.
Either way, it's problematic. You say they think you're being snarky, and to them, it may well seem that way. That you're just being irritable rather than having a valid concern. And I guess the only way to call attention to it is for more people to say "hold on" and explain those concerns.
And if pieces of this are stupid or make no sense, I'm sorry, I just now realized how tired I am.
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Posted: Tue Aug 08, 2006 1:31 am
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Posted: Tue Aug 08, 2006 3:00 am
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Posted: Tue Aug 08, 2006 7:57 am
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Posted: Tue Aug 08, 2006 2:31 pm
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Posted: Tue Aug 08, 2006 2:51 pm
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Posted: Wed Aug 09, 2006 1:59 pm
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Posted: Wed Aug 09, 2006 2:07 pm
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Posted: Wed Aug 09, 2006 2:11 pm
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Posted: Wed Aug 09, 2006 2:23 pm
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Posted: Wed Aug 09, 2006 5:43 pm
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Posted: Fri Aug 11, 2006 12:07 pm
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Posted: Fri Aug 11, 2006 12:50 pm
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Posted: Fri Aug 11, 2006 12:52 pm
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TeaDidikai Ban Triste-chan! Hell, I don't know. Do gods really pay attention to words of blessing when there's no actual intent behind it? I mean, I use 'God bless you' even though I don't believe in God, just because it's what I've been taught to say. I mean, considering the number of times people say 'Bless you,' you'd think that they'd get the picture and kind of cut out some of the extras, you know? Get a secretary to trash all the requests for blessings after a sneeze. Wouldn't that depend on the god? I am not sure who I get to blame for my little slip up with my husband. Maybe Frey... maybe Loki.
Canada.
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