RE: The Obsession with Discussing the Supposed Rudeness of Atheists
September 30, 2015 at 4:45 pm
(September 30, 2015 at 4:13 pm)Parkers Tan Wrote:(September 30, 2015 at 3:11 pm)Pyrrho Wrote: "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?
I also do this, explicitly make clear that I am not saying "God bless you", but deliberately using another term.
In French (Spanish and Italian have almost-identical words), the term is "Salut" (sah'-loo), and it simply means "health".
German is similar, meaning "good health". They are wishes of prosperity.
"(May) God bless you" is an expression of superstition, from a time when people believed that sneezing was a sign of evil spirits in the air trying to possess you, and the blessing was to ward off the evil spirits. I think that people, even Christians, would do well to abandon this concept.
Then again, I think the same of saying a blessing for the food about to be consumed (thanking God for the bounty is another matter), that the evil spirits might be cast out and the food not harm its consumers.
I wonder why more Christians don't take umbrage with the Germ Theory of Disease, since it's what destroyed those two concepts.
A Christian told me: if you were saved you cant lose your salvation. you're sealed with the Holy Ghost
I replied: Can I refuse? Because I find the entire concept of vicarious blood sacrifice atonement to be morally abhorrent, the concept of holding flawed creatures permanently accountable for social misbehaviors and thought crimes to be morally abhorrent, and the concept of calling something "free" when it comes with the strings of subjugation and obedience perhaps the most morally abhorrent of all... and that's without even going into the history of justifying genocide, slavery, rape, misogyny, religious intolerance, and suppression of free speech which has been attributed by your own scriptures to your deity. I want a refund. I would burn happily rather than serve the monster you profess to love.
I replied: Can I refuse? Because I find the entire concept of vicarious blood sacrifice atonement to be morally abhorrent, the concept of holding flawed creatures permanently accountable for social misbehaviors and thought crimes to be morally abhorrent, and the concept of calling something "free" when it comes with the strings of subjugation and obedience perhaps the most morally abhorrent of all... and that's without even going into the history of justifying genocide, slavery, rape, misogyny, religious intolerance, and suppression of free speech which has been attributed by your own scriptures to your deity. I want a refund. I would burn happily rather than serve the monster you profess to love.
