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I have a question thats been bugging me for the last 5 minutes

What do you say to an Atheist when they sneeze?

I mean would'nt God bless you be a little insulting?

Lists of Things to say:

"You got some on ya."
"Gesundheit"
"santé"
"Salud"
"Go to hell."

I say "You got some on ya." :D

Just hand the person a Kleenex? I'm an atheist and it doesn't bother me to be blessed. At the very least, I'm covering my bets.

I say "bless you" if I know they are atheist or agnostic.....

May the dark void catch your snot?

Gesundheit

Why would an athiest care that a person who believes in fairies is asking those same fairies to assist you when mucus is forced from your nasal passage?

I'm an atheist and I would not realy mind. The fact that somone actualy cared is sufficent.

I have a question thats been bugging me for the last 5 minutes

What do you say to an Atheist when they sneeze?

I mean would'nt God bless you be a little insulting

I'm an atheist and I'm not offended when someone says "God bless you". They're just being polite. No big deal.

I have a question thats been bugging me for the last 5 minutes

What do you say to an Atheist when they sneeze?

I mean would'nt God bless you be a little insulting

Gesundheit.

I tend to say "santé" to everyone when they sneeze, regardless of whether or not they believe in God. Occasionally it confuses people if they don't know me, but they get used to it. :)

I cannot abide presumptuous Christians who tread on my personal right of freedom of religion by forcing their God on me after every sneeze. Every time they do, I make it a point to show them the error of their ways by yelling at them and forcing them to listen to my manifesto on why all Atheists will have a brain seizure when someone says "God bless you".

:rolleyes:

*sits, waiting for someone to actually come and admit it angers him/her when somone says "bless you"*

Salud :)

Go to hell. :)

This why NationStates is great, its like having 10,000 Dr.Phils each with their own different opinion :D


Okay well i guess i know what ill do if this ever happens.

This why NationStates is great, its like having 10,000 Dr.Phils each with their own different opinion :D


Okay well i guess i know what ill do if this ever happens.

Okay, now I'm insulted! Dr. Phil, indeed! And where did he dig up that corny accent?

Gesundheit.

Stop copying me! :p

I simply say "prosit" as that's what we say in Swedish.

I simply say "prosit" as that's what we say in Swedish.

:eek: :p Awesome. You should try that if you ever come to Germany.*giggles*

I would say "Devs Vvlt!"

:eek: :p Awesome. You should try that if you ever come to Germany.*giggles*

It's actually the present subjunctive of the Latin "prodesse" (can you say "over-edumacated populace"? I knew you could) which means "profit, gain".

And I shall try to remember to.

it used to bother me, but i really don't care anymore. "bless you" is a phrase that has lost it's meaning through overuse, so the religious connotations bother me not at all. one of my friends shouted at me once for saying that i wouldn't say "bless you" on principle (i think she was having a bad day or something) and since then i just go ahead and say it, although it doesn't come as a natural reaction for me to someone sneezing.

It's actually the present subjunctive of the Latin "prodesse" (can you say "over-edumacated populace"? I knew you could) which means "profit, gain".

And I shall try to remember to.
Huh, really? I always thought it meant something like "for (=to) health". But then, I never had Latin. Can you say under-edumacated WYTYG?

*I know a funny story. In a college, everybody was asked if their could be a prayer after the ceremony of graduation. One person said no, so everybody go together and hatched a plan. They decided that after the valedictorian was finished with his/her speech, the valedictorian would sneeze. They did it, and everyone in union said 'God Bless You'.*

Anyways, I am an atheist, and I continue to say it. If you don't want to offend that person, say 'Bless You' without the 'God' part...

Huh, really? I always thought it meant something like "for (=to) health". But then, I never had Latin. Can you say under-edumacated WYTYG?

Consoled as you no doubt need be, take heart by Latin being of no use to anyone. Except me, but that's occupational and language faggy, so...

I simply say "prosit" as that's what we say in Swedish.

i wonder why i've heard that before? does it mean anything else in other languages?

the only swedes i've met in person are the occaisional teenage language exchange student from the groups that come to jersey every year. i don't remember them saying "prosit", only singing "incy wincy spider" a lot in swedish.

i wonder why i've heard that before? does it mean anything else in other languages?Hehe, it sure does. It's cheers (as in sláinte) in German. Hence my being so keen on Fass testing it in German waters. :p

"Gesundheit"

Hehe, it sure does. It's cheers (as in sláinte) in German. Hence my being so keen on Fass testing it in German waters. :p

ah yes! that's where i heard it :)

May His Noodly Appendage touch you.

When people say "bless you" to me I just say "thanks". It might have no different effect to them saying "curse you", but it's the thought that counts.

Gesundheit!

Send the handkerchief O blessed one that we may be wiped clean

I have a question thats been bugging me for the last 5 minutes

What do you say to an Atheist when they sneeze?

I mean would'nt God bless you be a little insulting
I say gezunteit (or however the fark you spell it) to anybody who sneezes. I don't usually bother to ask their religious affiliation before hand.

I cannot abide presumptuous Christians who tread on my personal right of freedom of religion by forcing their God on me after every sneeze. Every time they do, I make it a point to show them the error of their ways by yelling at them and forcing them to listen to my manifesto on why all Atheists will have a brain seizure when someone says "God bless you".

:rolleyes:

LOL, indeed.

it used to bother me, but i really don't care anymore. "bless you" is a phrase that has lost it's meaning through overuse, so the religious connotations bother me not at all. one of my friends shouted at me once for saying that i wouldn't say "bless you" on principle (i think she was having a bad day or something) and since then i just go ahead and say it, although it doesn't come as a natural reaction for me to someone sneezing.
As far as I can tell, "bless you" is just a reflexive phrase for most people in my area. You just kinda say it without thinking. There's no actual religious feeling or meaning to it.

I don't see why, as an atheist, I should object to phrases like "bless you" being stripped of their religious significance. It's like how I really love having all the store clerks forced to say "Merry Christmas" when what they really mean is "Thank you for shopping." Some radical religious types think that they're protecting their faith or something, but what they're really doing is making religious terms meaningless. I have no problem with that. :D

Every time someone says, "God Bless You", an atheist dies and burns forever in a lake of fire while Satan dances above him, laughing with evil glee, occasionally basting him with urine and poking his tender spots with a red hot pitchfork. :(




God Bless You. :)

my understanding was that 'bless you' was to stop demons flying into you when your mouth is open but your eyes are closed

a few years ago i managed to train some colleagues to say 'damn you' to me whenever i sneezed, on the grounds that i actually wanted demons to fly into me...

I have a question thats been bugging me for the last 5 minutes

What do you say to an Atheist when they sneeze?

I mean would'nt God bless you be a little insulting?

Lists of Things to say:

"You got some on ya."
"Gesundheit"
"santé"
"Salud"
"Go to hell."

You have to be really touchy to find "God bless you" insulting.

I have a question thats been bugging me for the last 5 minutes

What do you say to an Atheist when they sneeze?

I mean would'nt God bless you be a little insulting?

Lists of Things to say:

"You got some on ya."
"Gesundheit"
"santé"
"Salud"
"Go to hell."

no one says a word when i sneeze, mind you when i sneeze i do say Fyou after it