Conditioned response. People often say “thank you” when we say “God bless you” when they sneeze. The thank you serves as a reward and reinforcement It’s catching. We may imitate others ...

Here are five reasons why “bless you” has to go. 1. The plague is no longer a thing. And thank God, sure, that we no longer live in a world where the pope (Gregory I in 600 AD, to be exact ...

“God bless you!” “Thank you!” “Achoo!”). You specifically note that he says “God bless you‚" which makes me wonder whether you feel you’d somehow be trampling on authentic ...