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To verify, just follow the link in the message. But why do we feel compelled to say it to anyone who sneezes, even if its a stranger? Well, maybe because it is something that we have been taught from the childhood and has become a reflexive habit, something we do not even think about deeply as a blessing. How and where did this social behaviour originate? Comments 0.
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The most popular theory is that it originated in Rome when the bubonic plague was ravaging Europe. Sneezing was one the plague's main symptoms, and it is believed that Pope Gregory I suggested that a tiny prayer in the form of saying, "God bless you" after a sneeze would protect the person from death.
Another, more superstitious theory, is that it stems from the ancient belief that a sneeze might accidentally expel the spirit from the body unless God blessed you and prevented it. Other cultures thought that sneezing forced evil spirits out of the body, leaving others exposed to the wandering spirits.
A blessing was to protect both the sneezer and those around him. And then there's the rumor that our hearts stop when we sneeze, and that saying, "bless you," is a way of welcoming the sneezer back from the dead. So while most of us aren't worried about demons, momentary death or the bubonic plague, today it's considered a polite gesture.
And if a simple "bless you" just so happens to protect our souls while we're at it, even better.
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