(May 24, 2015 at 9:14 pm)Nope Wrote:(May 24, 2015 at 8:49 pm)Secular Elf Wrote: Blessed. "Have a blessed day." "Bless you." "I am so blessed." "This is such a blessing." "What a blessing." Blah, blah, blah, yada-yada-yada. I am so sick of hearing it!! Everyday, from strangers, on TV, on newscasts.....AHHHHRRRRGGGGGHHHH!!!!!
I hear it in NC a lot also. Even people who aren't overly religious sometimes say it. When I was a kid, I don't remember anyone saying it. Maybe people are trying to be religious without mentioning god or Jesus?
I hate to be the bearer of bad news, but you are solidly in the Bible Belt:
![[Image: BibleBelt.png]](https://images.weserv.nl/?url=upload.wikimedia.org%2Fwikipedia%2Fcommons%2Fc%2Fc2%2FBibleBelt.png)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bible_Belt
"A wise man ... proportions his belief to the evidence."
— David Hume, An Enquiry Concerning Human Understanding, Section X, Part I.