Why do people say "god bless you" when you sneeze?

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  Steel Valley Football;1241573 wrote:Not buyin' it.

  That is your choice.
  

  Steel Valley Football;1241575 wrote:The same can be said of many other customs that are considered good manners. For ex, women are perfectly capable of opening the door themselves, but many men do it for them anyway.

  Very true, I never really gave it a second thought when it comes to opening doors for anyone, regardless of their sex or age.
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  password;1241736 wrote:Very true, I never really gave it a second thought when it comes to opening doors for anyone, regardless of their sex or age.

  Many people don't, despite the fact that it's not a purposeful gesture. "God bless you" seems pretty similar, or saying "Excuse me" if you bump into someone.
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  When I bump into someone and it's hard or rough or a pretty good collision, I say "that's how hard I banged your mom last night".
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  Steel Valley Football;1241756 wrote:When I bump into someone and it's hard or rough or a pretty good collision, I say "that's how hard I banged your mom last night".

  I would expect nothing less. You've got to maintain standards, after all.
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  password;1241020 wrote:Never understood the reason for telling people "god bless you" after they sneeze. If you were blessed by god, would you ever need to sneeze in the future?
  I ask this question because it really makes no sense to me why someone thinks that they have the power to bless someone when they sneeze. I do remember a couple of days ago there was a girl in front of me at Kroger's waiting to pay and she let loose with a squeak of a sneeze and the teenager in front of her turns around a says god bless you, she looked right at him and said thanks, but seeing how you have been staring at my chest since I got in line, I think god has already blessed me. The kid was speechless and the girl working the register looked at him while laughing and said she would pray for him, he was so embarrassed that I felt bad for the kid.

  It's so the Black people don't rule the world.