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tazzygirl -> RE: Why i hate Sundays (7/14/2010 12:45:13 PM)
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I would just say “Thank you but I am a proud atheist. You should read The God Delusion by Richard Dawkins.”
Which will come across as... "fuck you!" .. to someone who wished you well. Thereby proving once again that the beliefs most religious people have about atheists are true.
Interesting.
So let me see if I understand what you are saying.
Someone can make a reference to something that someone else does not believe in but if that second person politely affirms that he does not believe then he is the one being rude?
Is it not rude to foist your beliefs on others, regardless of whether it is well-intentioned?
Oh yeah, telling someone to read a book that calls their belief system a delusion is just so polite and proper.
But it is okay the other way around?
Because that is your belief system?
If i sneeze and someone says... gesundheit,,, i dont get upset. If you sneeze and someone says,., god bless you... do you get upset? I dont hold strangers accountable for knowing if im religious or not. Seems you are saying everyone should assume everyone on earth is not religious and leave their religion at home. Saying "god bless you" when someone sneezed has been around since 77 AD. It became a popal edict around 590 AD during the time of the blubonic plague.
Gregory's decision "went viral," (pardon the pun) and cemented a casual, though unfounded, courtesy that had been in place since around 77 A.D. That blessings are bequeathed upon the nasally irritated here in North America is, today, just part of the conscription to a larger global etiquette. South of the border, sneezers are more likely to hear "¡Salud!" (health). Traveling the world with a cold may also bring blessings like "alhamdulilah" (Arabic for "praise be to God), "á vos souhaits" ("to your wishes" in France) or the Irish "dia leat" (God be with you).
Though rare today, the bubonic plague can still, within a mere four to seven days, claim a frightening half of all the lives it touches. It is curable if treated early, though, so if you happen to stumble across some poor, sneezing (or more likely, coughing) soul with rings around his rosies, by all means, do offer your blessings—then offer directions to the nearest emergency room.
Read more at Suite101: Gesundheit!: Sneezing, Blessings and the Bubonic Plague http://cultural-anthropology.suite101.com/article.cfm/gesundheit#ixzz0tghEZYHL
There are often reasons why we do the things we do, many out of tradition more than anything else. But, suddenly, because some atheist takes "offence" we have to change.
Personally, rule, i think you are making a mountain range out of a mole hill.
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