Atheist "God Bless You" (The Guardian) (Cultural Experiences in Foreign Languages) Language Learning Forum

Atheist "God Bless You" (The Guardian)
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jazzboy.bebop
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22 October 2012 at 3:09am | IP Logged

Arekkusu wrote:

jazzboy.bebop wrote:

Ha ha, I think it would take quite a silly and
pedantic atheist to
personally refuse to respond to a sneeze with "bless you".

No, it would take an atheist who is frequently faced with intolerance from religious
people who consider them low life scum that don't deserve to vote. Norway is not the
US.

In that case, I would understand and retract my earlier statement. I wasn't thinking
outside of the context of the general cultural attitudes of the likes of the UK and
Norway. I find it an unsettling thought that atheists can be thought so badly of by
such a high percentage of people in a country. I am lucky to not have to face such
attitudes often, and that I live in a place where you are not expected to be religious
with the amount of aggressive evangelism being minimal.

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