Curious about sneezing lol

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Alright I'm bored and really really tired of gun debates on here so let's talk about something trivial and silly. Sneezing. We all know it is pretty common to say bless you when someone does. (which the whole reason that started is hilarious and outdated for today's use) Do y'all say it just out of habit? Do you just say thank you when someone else says it? I personally say thank you quietly but refuse to say bless you to others. One because I think the whole process is childish and two because we don't say anything for coughs or hiccups or farting lol why do sneezes get special treatment? lol rhetorical question since I know the history behind them. The funny part is out of habit I actually still tell my dog and small children bless you when they sneeze.

I read somewhere that one of the medieval popes thought that every time a person sneezed a part of their soul was trying to escape their bodies, so he instituted the phrase "god bless you" to try and stop the truant souls. I still say it when people sneeze out of habit (I also still refuse to walk on people's graves too), and I had a good friend down in Cork, an old man who said "bless you" every time we finished talking and then immediately apologised for forgetting I was atheist. He was an absolute dote.