What do Atheists say when someone sneezes?
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I asked the same question a few Jimbo's ago.  I forget what my best answer was.
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Superstition had it that at the moment of a sneeze, all thoughts are momentarily banished from the concious mind, leaving an opening for the Devil to get in. I think it goes back to the second century.
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If your heart stops your dead or in cardiac-arrest, plain and simple. Sneezes increase the pressure in your chest and change blood flow, causing the heart to "flutter" a little bit. When u sneeze your heart doesnt stop or pause or anything, it may speed up, but stopin is a negative. \n\nThe "bless you" thing came from the plague, when people sneezed it was a sign of the plague. They said "bless you" so that incase that u didnt make it, you would still go to heaven after u bit the dust.\n\nFinal Answer: Hearts dont stop from sneezing. "Bless you" is said from the days of the plague.
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I don't think so, and I've never heard this before.  I have heard that your heart stops momentarily when you sneeze though.
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in the old days, when you sneezed " your soul came out" people were afraid that the devil would grab your soul, and take you to hell. So they said bless you which basically tells God to bless you by giving you your soul back\n\n\nP.S. please give me the points beacuse i swear that i'm not lying
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The reaction of an atheist might be fear. If I were running around all my life proclaiming there is no God, I would be mighty fearful when my turn came to stand before the throne.\nMy, what a shocker that would be for Mr. atheist! To face a God that he had been saying did not exist! That is why I continue praying for such ones in spiritual blindness. I pray they might come into the light and not remain in darkness. I do not say this from a standpoint of feeling superior, but once I was in darkness until the glorious light of the Lord brought me into the light so that an unworthy wretch as myself could know my God and savior! What an awesome God!
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Yes, that is why people say "God bless you" after you sneeze.
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The custom of saying "God bless you" after a sneeze was begun literally as a blessing. Pope Gregory the Great (540-604 AD) ascended to the Papacy just in time for the start of the plague (his successor succumbed to it). Gregory (who also invented the ever-popular Gregorian chant) called for litanies, processions and unceasing prayer for God's help and intercession. Columns marched through the streets chanting, "Kyrie Eleison" (Greek for "Lord have mercy"). When someone sneezed, they were immediately blessed ("God bless you!") in the hope that they would not subsequently develop the plague. All that prayer apparently worked, judging by how quickly the plague of 590 AD diminished. \n\nThe connection of sneezing to the plague is not the first association of sneezing with death. According to Man, Myth, and Magic: The Illustrated Encyclopedia of Mythology, Religion and the Unknown, many cultures, even some in Europe, believe that sneezing expels the soul--the "breath of life"--from the body.  That doesn't seem too far-fetched when you realize that sneezing can send tiny particles speeding out of your nose at up to 100 miles per hour! \n\nWe know today, of course, that when you sneeze, your heart doesn't stop, nor will your eyes pop out if you can keep them open (www.straightdope.com/classics/a2_30 4.html), nor does your soul get expelled. What does get expelled are hundreds upon thousands of microscopic germs. The current advice when you sneeze is to cover your mouth with your arm rather than your hand. That way, all those germs won't be on your hands when you touch the countless things you're going to touch in the course of the day (don't tell us; we don't want to know). \n\nThere are many superstitions regarding sneezing, some of which you've already listed. But here are some of my favorites. \n\nSneeze on Monday for health,\nSneeze on Tuesday for wealth,\nSneeze on Wednesday for a letter, \nSneeze on Thursday for something better,\nSneeze on Friday for sorrow,\nSneeze on Saturday, see your sweetheart tomorrow,\nSneeze on Sunday, safety seek. \n\nOne for sorrow\nTwo for joy\nThree for a letter\nFour for a boy.\nFive for silver\nSix for gold\nSeven for a secret, never to be told. \n\nAnd lastly, a sneeze before breakfast is a sign that you will hear exciting news before the end of the day.
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German:  Gesundheit!\nSweden, Norway, and Denmark is usually replied to with "prosit"\nFinland the reply is "terveydeksi"\nKerala:  Ayyappa\nIslamic society:  a sneezer generally thanks God by saying "Alhamdulillah"\nChinese culture:  a sneeze is a sign that someone is thinking about you and you might hear some one say "you ren xiang ni", which translates into "someone is thinking about you".\n\nIn Spanish-speaking countries, when children sneeze the following is said:\nOne sneeze: Salud (To your health) \nTwo sneezes: Salud y dinero (To your health and wealth) \nThree sneezes: Salud, dinero y amor (To your health, wealth and love) \nFour sneezes: Salud, dinero, amor, y alergias (To your health, wealth, love, and allergies) \n\nIn French-speaking countries, sneezing is accompanied by the following phrases:\nOne sneeze: � vos souhaits (To your wishes) \nTwo sneezes: � vos r�ves (To your dreams) \nThree sneezes: � vos amours (To your loved ones) \n\n\nhttp://www.netlaputa.ne.jp/~tokyo3/e/sneeze_e.html
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Hi - I can't speak for all Christians, but if my car were stuck in the mud, and you came along and offered to help me out of the mud, I really don't think I'd care what belief system you have.  \n\nAs for the 'God Bless' - I might say that to you, simply because it is how I speak.  If you sneezed, I'd say 'God bless you' - but I would not say it to be offensive to you.  Some Christians say it as a matter of course.  If you truly do not believe in God, translate it in your mind to thank you.\n\nBy the way, thank you.  I am anti-abortion and anti-death penalty.
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No...have you? (why don't you add some details to your question so we can find out if you have heard one)\n\nThanks for the explanation...I have no idea why you're hearing sneezes. Maybe it's a ghost or a spirit...
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Sneezing is actually a reflex action to a stimuli.The nerves send the message to the brain and then you sneeze. During sleep the reflex part of your brain rests too. The irritant still annoys the nerves but  no message is sent to the brain. However if the stimuli builds the irritant to  a level registered as pain the brain will wake you and you will sneeze (but to have this part of your brain working  you need to be awake!!)Scientific Fact! :)
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THIS IS THE ORIGIN OF THE CUSTOM:\n\nIn English-speaking countries, it is common for at least one person to say "Bless you" after someone sneezes. The traditional explaination for the custom is that it began literally as a blessing. Pope Gregory I the Great (540-604 AD) ascended to the Papacy just in time for the start of the plague in 590 AD (his successor succumbed to it). To combat the plague Gregory ordered litanies, processions and unceasing prayer for God's intercession. When someone sneezed, they were immediately blessed ("God bless you!") in the hope that they would not subsequently develop the plague.\n\nThis custom persists among speakers of many languages. Common social responses to sneezes in English include "Bless you" and "Gesundheit" (German, "[Good] health [to you]").
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Yeah, quite a bit actually...\n\n8. You will know you are wrong when you come face to face with the Lord Almighty.\n9. Don't you have a meaningless existence?\n10. If you're right, I lose nothing. But what if we're right?\n11. Do you like bananas?\n12. I will pray for you.\n13. Don't you know that Jesus died for you?\n14. Atheists... like so one day I was, like, in the supermarket, okay? And... like wow it was oh so totally cool but I saw Jesus my Father and he was, like, all showing me his spiritual greatness and stuff and then, like, I saw you atheists up there in, like, this tree and stuff and, like, I was so totally 'cool!' and Jesus was all 'hey babe, come and bathe in my glory' and stuff... etc. etc. etc.\n\nAnd don't forget the great biomimetik: You should accuse atheists of having bad posture, living in unhygienic conditions, losing their hair prematurely and believing that clouds in the sky are really big balls of cotton...
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my nose, when I sneeze
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The word is "gesundheit", which can be literally translated to "health".  In other words, you're wishing the person good health when you say it.\n\nI don't know why Americans choose to say that word instead of other ones.\n\nJust for fun, Spanish speakers usually say "salud" when someone sneezes (also meaning "health").  If someone sneezes more than once they say these words (two of them for two sneezes, three of them for three sneezes) : salud, dinero, y amor ("health, money, and love").  I personally find it fascinating that money is closer than love to the top of the list.
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One traditional explanation for the custom is that it began literally as a blessing. Pope Gregory I the Great (AD 540-604) ascended to the Papacy just in time for the start of the bubonic plague in AD 590 (his successor succumbed to it). To combat the plague, Gregory ordered litanies, processions and unceasing prayer for God's blessing. When someone sneezed (seen as the initial onset of the plague), they were immediately blessed ("God bless you!") in the hope that they would not actually develop the disease.\n\n\nSuperstition\nOther explanations are based on superstitions and urban legends about sneezing and what a sneeze entails. Some well known superstitions that may have contributed to bringing "bless you" into common use are:\n\nThe heart stops when you sneeze (it doesn't), and the phrase "bless you" is meant to ensure the return of life or to encourage your heart to continue beating. \nA sneeze is the expulsion of some sort of evil, and the phrase is meant to ward off the evil's re-entry. \nYour soul can be thrown from your body when you sneeze, and saying "bless you" prevents your soul from being stolen by Satan or some evil spirit. Thus, "bless you" or "God bless you" is used as a sort of shield against evil. \nA sneeze is good luck and saying "bless you" is no more than recognition of the sneezer's luckiness. \nAlternatively, it may be possible that the phrase began simply as a response for an event that wasn't well understood at the time.