RE: The Obsession with Discussing the Supposed Rudeness of Atheists
September 30, 2015 at 4:13 pm
(September 30, 2015 at 3:11 pm)Pyrrho Wrote:(September 30, 2015 at 3:04 pm)Parkers Tan Wrote: Last I checked, there's no approved atheist way to say anything aside from "I don't believe in gods."
I say "bless you" not out of faith, or out of the belief that the person's soul has just been ejected, but because in the culture I was raised, that was the polite thing to do. I see no harm in the phrase, and don't feel like I'm selling my atheism short for saying it.
"Bless you" is short for "(May) God bless you." See:
http://www.oxforddictionaries.com/defini...ctCode=all
If meant literally, it is a denial of atheism.
... which is exactly why I made explicitly clear why I say it.
You did read that part, right?
