Blessing yourself?

PeterIanStaker

Everytime one of my sisters does it, I ridicule her for being backward, medieval, superstitious etc. (I'm a lovely sibling I know)

cc-offe

my boyfriend always blesses himself if an ambulance passes us or we go by the scene of a crash or something, then he tells me to do it, then I get all confused thinking i've blessed myself the wrong way or with the wrong hand and i'm praying to the devil or something :(

Rebelheart

darad wrote: »

Driving home from work the other day an ambulance passed me by and I saw a fella in his 30's bless himself twice whilst staring as if terrified at the ambulance. I also knew a taxi driver who touched some sort of medal thingy in his car three times when he saw an ambulance pass by or passed by a church.

Who is responsible for making these people have these silly ocd behaviours?? Or what is it supposed to signify?

You're like so, like, kewl. Like.

krudler

god keeps count of blessings,prayers, mass attendance and all the trinkets you buy to worship him throughout your life, the more you accumulate the better floor of heaven you get to stay on. He's finicky that way.

dvpower

Rabble Rabble wrote: »

In before the Flying Sphaghetti Monster.

Blessing yourself in that religion is a very messy affair.

Promac

If people should be allowed to do their little rituals then the OP should be allowed to think they look funny doing it. And it would be a pretty dark world if no-one was allowed to question this kind of thing.

What is After Hours?
After hours consists of the type of chat you have with your mates after a few pints at a lock in.

It's exactly the kind of thing I can imagine talking about at a lock-in with my mates.

robinph

Insect Overlord wrote: »

Went on a road trip to Kerry a few weeks ago with three of my college classmates. The two of us sitting on the left side of the car are agnostic, the two on the other side of the car blessed themselves every time we passed a church, a hospital or a graveyard. No big deal really.

Who was holding the steering wheel at the time?


No expert on these matters, but from what I've seen it involves some amount of waving your hands around in front of you?

Liam Byrne

Insect Overlord wrote: »

Went on a road trip to Kerry a few weeks ago with three of my college classmates. The two of us sitting on the left side of the car are agnostic, the two on the other side of the car blessed themselves every time we passed a church, a hospital or a graveyard. No big deal really.

Did your car seating arrangements imply something, though ?

The two who blessed themselves were in the right ?

Ollchailin

Promac wrote: »

If people should be allowed to do their little rituals then the OP should be allowed to think they look funny doing it. And it would be a pretty dark world if no-one was allowed to question this kind of thing.

We're not questioning his questioning, we're questioning his question.

darad

Promac wrote: »

If people should be allowed to do their little rituals then the OP should be allowed to think they look funny doing it. And it would be a pretty dark world if no-one was allowed to question this kind of thing.



It's exactly the kind of thing I can imagine talking about at a lock-in with my mates.

I'm amazed at the hostility along with the pack mentality

Run_to_da_hills

Why should I bother bless myself?

There is absolutely nothing about blessing oneself in the Bible, it was an old Babylonian pagan tradition that was inherited by the Roman Catholic Church, also when entering a Catholic Church why should I dip my fingers and splash filthy water over myself.

Borneo Fnctn

You better bless yo self before you wreck yo self.

Some people don't bless themselves.

Some people do.

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dxhound2005

I heard a story about a guy who was driving along with his girlfriend performing a certain act on him in the car. As they passed the local graveyard she lifted her head and blessed herself before resuming business.

polkadots1900

those who have been demanding better from the vatican and the roman catholic bishops should raise a toast to themselves today,

Pope Benedict is trying to make things better, big ships turn slowly

Pope Benedict just created the newest saint, a lady who met great agression from Church bosses for making sure a child molestor priest was moved the hell away from the children she was working with

http://www.theaustralian.com.au/priest-denies-making-claims-about-mackillops-excommunication/story-fn6rcok7-1225935119611

bonzodog2

dxhound2005 wrote: »

I heard a story about a guy who was driving along with his girlfriend performing a certain act on him in the car. As they passed the local graveyard she lifted her head and blessed herself before resuming business.

How did she know they were passing the graveyard if she was 'busy' ?

Sea Sharp

Reminds me of:
Jinx, bless myself for life.

krudler

polkadots1900 wrote: »

those who have been demanding better from the vatican and the roman catholic bishops should raise a toast to themselves today,

Pope Benedict is trying to make things better, big ships turn slowly

Pope Benedict just created the newest saint, a lady who met great agression from Church bosses for making sure a child molestor priest was moved the hell away from the children she was working with

http://www.theaustralian.com.au/priest-denies-making-claims-about-mackillops-excommunication/story-fn6rcok7-1225935119611

If he stopped spreading lies about gays and condoms then it would be more worthwhile.

polkadots1900

krudler wrote: »

If he stopped spreading lies about gays and condoms then it would be more worthwhile.

but he is the biggest employer worldwide in the male gay community!

dvpower

polkadots1900 wrote: »

those who have been demanding better from the vatican and the roman catholic bishops should raise a toast to themselves today,

Pope Benedict is trying to make things better, big ships turn slowly

Pope Benedict just created the newest saint, a lady who met great agression from Church bosses for making sure a child molestor priest was moved the hell away from the children she was working with

http://www.theaustralian.com.au/priest-denies-making-claims-about-mackillops-excommunication/story-fn6rcok7-1225935119611

How is that relevant to this topic? Bloody Pope supporters; any excuse to stick their oar in.

krudler

polkadots1900 wrote: »

but he is the biggest employer worldwide in the male gay community!

what?

dvpower

krudler wrote: »

what?

A major shareholder in a chain of hair salons perhaps?

Son Of A Vidic

dxhound2005 wrote: »

I heard a story about a guy who was driving along with his girlfriend performing a certain act on him in the car. As they passed the local graveyard she lifted her head and blessed herself before resuming business.

Christ! she must have eyes in the back of her head. I wonder if she has a mouth in the back of her head also?;)

Insect Overlord

robinph wrote: »

Who was holding the steering wheel at the time?


No expert on these matters, but from what I've seen it involves some amount of waving your hands around in front of you?

I'm fairly sure she only needed one hand to bless herself
The other hand was on the wheel.

Liam Byrne wrote: »

Did your car seating arrangements imply something, though ?

The two who blessed themselves were in the right ?

I see what you did there... >_>

Rabble Rabble

Promac wrote: »

If people should be allowed to do their little rituals then the OP should be allowed to think they look funny doing it. And it would be a pretty dark world if no-one was allowed to question this kind of thing.



It's exactly the kind of thing I can imagine talking about at a lock-in with my mates.

religion is a frowned upon pub subejct in many a sane society. I can no greater pub bore than "haha I saw someone making the sign of the cross" but your mileage may very, depends on the rest of the conversation I suppose.

Locker10a

I am by no means a religious person , i dont go to mass infact i despise the catholic church . However i do belive in god.. i think !! But i do bless myself when i seen a ambulance etc as i way if i dunno askin god to help the poor creatur in the back ! And if i was ever in an ambuane id like to think the people in the cars im passing would think of me in the same way . One thing i thank god for is my health because without it well theres no point to anything.

Teutorix

Rabble Rabble wrote: »

religion is a frowned upon pub subejct in many a sane society. I can no greater pub bore than "haha I saw someone making the sign of the cross" but your mileage may very, depends on the rest of the conversation I suppose.

Religion and politics, two things you never discuss in a pub. I thought everyone knew that :rolleyes:

Min

I do bless myself everyday, but then not every one is blessed.

df1985

I bless myself all the time if I meet a hearse on the road, slow down the car and radio off too. Doesnt matter what you believe in, we'll all end up that way some day and its a sign of common respect.

Like someone else said if I was being rushed to hospital on the verge of dying, id take every prayer i could get.

Jamiekelly

To the OP...are you really that stupid?
Off topic : These religious threads are getting very tedious on AH. Next time post them in the Atheist/Agnostic or Christian forum, I'm sick of seeing basically the same religion thread on AH every single day