@cerebralhawks@lemmy.dbzer0.com
Post #2748426
2026-05-21 23:43 UTC
Atheist here. No, I don’t. The religious person who put in the work still put in the work, through their faith in God. The Atheist does it through their faith in themselves. It’s the same energy, because the religious person doesn’t think they have it in them. They do, but God makes it manageable. I get that. So when they say it about you, they’re just using tense they understand.
Like when they say “bless you” when you sneeze. They’re wishing you health in terms they understand.
Replies (4)
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@snowydroopz@lemmy.world 2026-05-21 23:46
Thats a beautiful way to think about it
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@anon6789@lemmy.world 2026-05-22 00:01
Bless you is a great example. I don’t think most people say things like bless you or God gave you the strength to be literally religious, they’re just a spiritual person’s way of being polite.
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@SharkWeek@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2026-05-22 01:42
Interesting observation - where I live many / most people will say Salud (good health) when someone sneezes, as an intentionally secular version of the more traditional Jesus
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@squirrel@cake.kobel.fyi 2026-05-22 05:22
This is the first time I translated “bless you”. I never knew it was something religious. In german we simply say “health” (Gesundheit) when someone sneezes.