Rainy Posted April 28, 2012 Group: Advanced Member Followers: 1 Topic Count: 8 Topics Per Day: 0.00 Content Count: 216 Content Per Day: 0.04 Reputation: 8 Days Won: 1 Joined: 08/27/2010 Status: Offline Share Posted April 28, 2012 I know why people say God Bless you or Bless you once you have sneezed. But why do you and those people say God Bless You or God Bless when saying Goodbye? Is it right to say it? What are your thoughts? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gdemoss Posted April 28, 2012 Group: Royal Member Followers: 8 Topic Count: 59 Topics Per Day: 0.01 Content Count: 4,402 Content Per Day: 0.99 Reputation: 2,154 Days Won: 28 Joined: 02/10/2012 Status: Offline Birthday: 04/26/1971 Share Posted April 28, 2012 I know why people say God Bless you or Bless you once you have sneezed. But why do you and those people say God Bless You or God Bless when saying Goodbye? Is it right to say it? What are your thoughts? It is truly the right thing to do. We should always speak Gods blessing upon others and never curse anyone. As James said, bless we God but curse we men. When someone is leaving the care of your home or your company it is only natural to bless them with the best that God has to offer. When a man is getting read to go the way of all the earth, it is when he gives his final blessing unto his children. It is the ultimate goodbye and therefore all blessing passed on to his posterity. So as we part ways here in this thread, may God bless you and keep you from evil! Gary Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Floatingaxe Posted April 28, 2012 Group: Royal Member Followers: 3 Topic Count: 62 Topics Per Day: 0.01 Content Count: 9,613 Content Per Day: 1.45 Reputation: 656 Days Won: 9 Joined: 03/11/2006 Status: Offline Birthday: 05/31/1952 Share Posted April 28, 2012 We have the wonderful ability in Christ to declare blessing on others. I don't particularly care for those who just say it as a habitual greeting or goodbye. When I say it, I mean it and I actually do it. Of course I don't say it when people sneeze, as it is an old world superstitious throwback. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fez Posted April 28, 2012 Group: Royal Member Followers: 3 Topic Count: 683 Topics Per Day: 0.12 Content Count: 11,128 Content Per Day: 2.00 Reputation: 1,352 Days Won: 54 Joined: 02/03/2009 Status: Offline Birthday: 12/07/1952 Share Posted April 28, 2012 Actually... The old child's nursery rhyme? Ring a ring of rosies a pocket full of posies, atishoo, atishoo, we all fall down? The rosies were on the skin, the posies were to ward off the germs and the sneezing happened just before you fell down and died. From the plague, the black death. Hence, atishoo, God Bless you (hope it's not the plague...) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tyler John Posted April 30, 2012 Group: Seeker Followers: 0 Topic Count: 2 Topics Per Day: 0.00 Content Count: 50 Content Per Day: 0.01 Reputation: 6 Days Won: 0 Joined: 03/21/2012 Status: Offline Share Posted April 30, 2012 If said with heartfelt meaning and the love of Jesus, then we say it because his blessing is valuable. If said as habit, it is more a superstition. I suspect, in most cases it is the latter. What really interests me is why we say God bless you. Which god do we mean? 'God' is not a name. Our god has actual names and we are told that no name is above the name of Jesus. Should we bless in his name or another of Yahweh's names or with the vague and misinterpretable term 'god'? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Caste Posted April 30, 2012 Group: Members Followers: 1 Topic Count: 3 Topics Per Day: 0.00 Content Count: 48 Content Per Day: 0.01 Reputation: 1 Days Won: 0 Joined: 10/29/2010 Status: Offline Birthday: 11/22/1984 Share Posted April 30, 2012 If said with heartfelt meaning and the love of Jesus, then we say it because his blessing is valuable. If said as habit, it is more a superstition. I suspect, in most cases it is the latter. What really interests me is why we say God bless you. Which god do we mean? 'God' is not a name. Our god has actual names and we are told that no name is above the name of Jesus. Should we bless in his name or another of Yahweh's names or with the vague and misinterpretable term 'god'? God would do, I believe... As for the sneezing it comes right from ancient Greece. It was believed that when you sneeze soul can escape from the body. In fact you anglosaxon say God bless you that is an extension of "bless You"l. In Italy we say "Salute" that translates as "Health" and was the original meaning. But if I had a lightsaber I'd say "May the Lord be with you" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grandma dolittle Posted April 30, 2012 Group: Junior Member Followers: 2 Topic Count: 6 Topics Per Day: 0.00 Content Count: 78 Content Per Day: 0.02 Reputation: 29 Days Won: 1 Joined: 04/01/2012 Status: Offline Birthday: 01/20/1946 Share Posted April 30, 2012 I know why people say God Bless you or Bless you once you have sneezed. But why do you and those people say God Bless You or God Bless when saying Goodbye? Is it right to say it? What are your thoughts? During the Medieval times, people believed your soul was inside your head and when you sneezed, bits of your soul was being expelled through your nose. During the plague in Europe, chronic sneezing was a symptom of the plague just before death. The Pope ordered that all the healthy people pray for the sick and if someone sneezed, he ordered them to say, "God bless you." immediately. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Recommended Posts