Theists say the dumbest things #1 "Have a Blessed Day"

[9844wp]

If you're a "Christian", then wish me a good day, keep religious talk to yourself or your peers. When you say "Have a blessed day" you're telling me a lot about yourself: you're not a mainline Methodist, Lutheran, Episcopalian, you are a generic "American popular religion" believer, a fundamentalist, an evangelical a conservative, probably a delusional radical, who is trying to put his whole world view onto someone else,

IF you wish me a good day, don't push your silly religion on me. Thanks.

[BlackDevilJayko]

When someone tells me to have a blessed day I say: "Hey Why the fuck are you wishing me bad luck today?".

They sually start with the devil talk after that...

[maidofstarstuff]

Whenever someone tells me to have a blessed day, I say, "YOU have a blessed day. I'm having a fucking fantastic day myself."

It might need a little polish, but I hope it gets my point across.

[xiii13lulz]

I miss carlin QQ.

[Frostbite12211983]

This sounds like something that George Carlin said in one of his comedy specials.

[Cafeeine]

Have you had anyone pronounce it "bleh'-sed" rather than "blest". It fuckin' annoys me, as much as those people who stress the final syllable in "crea-TOR" It smacks of indoctrination.

[joejoeriley]

i remember when i had my first beer.

666

[dragonddff]

I think I do get where you're coming from, even if I don't understand why. (With my damn min of a Believer)

Basically you're saying that it doesn't make sense to you, feeling as foreign as the "Shoes be tadpoles" thing does to me. I get that, in that context.. Yet, at the same time... It not making sense to you, doesn't make sense to me. (The whole fact I said that pisses me off. I hate saying close minded shit like that... Well, when I'm being serious that is.)

[dragonddff]

You Kinda rant here, but I don't see the point...

It seems to me, all they are doing is wishing for your day to be a good one. Sorta like "Good luck" or something like that... If you have a problem with that, than to you I say this: "FUCK YOU! Have a shitty day! You dirty little PRICK!"

Was THAT better? :D

[KingHeathen]

@dragonddff LOL...yeah, you definitely didn't see the point. Imagine if I came up to you and said, "May your shoes be tadpoles."

Now, while there isn't really anything offensive in that statement, and I mean it with the best of intentions....WHAT THE FUCK does it mean?

I know how to have a "nice" day, or how to "take it easy"...or whatever...But I don't know what is required to "bless" my day. It's not that I'm mad at them for saying it...it just doesn't make sense.

[dragonddff]

@KingHeathen Well normally when things are "Blessed", it's supposed to deter evil... or... Some crap like that. Or at least that's how I've always thought of it. Either way, to me, it seems like a more theistic form of "Have a great day!"

[KingHeathen]

@dragonddff Watch the video again with my previous comment in mind...you'll see why I see the two statement as very different.

[DirectInjected]

@KingHeathen That's going directly into my little black book of witty atheist comments. "May your shoes be tadpoles" will be the motto of my deconversion center that I open in western Tunisia. Only once they've discovered this expression are they truly free. Thanks, Kingheathen, for the gem.

[fishertg]

i think its more idiomatic. obviously influenced by christianity. i suppose you can understand it as "though misfortunes happens to those around you, i wish you a fortunate calamity free day."

[Kruttkuse]

" I hope you have a nice day "

" I wish you a nice day! "

[KittyRokher]

very cool, but i think you got bot attacked. It only has a rating of 2. I voted it 5, but I want understand why creationists have to act like kids whenever they are proved wrong, so they go "lalalala, i cant hear you!!!" then spam, flag, rate low, file copyright claims, etc. on atheist videos.

[KingHeathen]

exactly. If they can't successfully argue against something...they instead just try to censor it.

[Matisyourmaster]

Have a realistic day XD

nah i think what it means is "I hope you have a nice day" its wishing someone a nice day

[AntiChristAntiFail]

How about "Learning our way secular"? yes i realize this video is nearly 2 years old.

[TLSlayer]

yeah,i like rational better.

good call KH,great videos,again,the voice of reason in a world in veteran insanity.

[chailizard]

They don't put anything religious on £notes in the UK, so I can't have any fun.

--In fact, on the £10 note, there's a big picture of Charles Darwin.

[princessannikki]

Have a Blessed Day! Isn't that the same as saying Bless You? I bless you! Bless comes from the Heathen word Blot, to sanctify with blood. Come here while I sprinkle blood on you. :P

[mikelentini3]

This is for you Joangela

[macman13]

"Don't believe anyone, especially me."

I use that one because I like irony.

[orclv]

"Have a rational day"

I love it

[MATTx602]

I DO THE DOLALR THING TOO

[pienipaha]

You have my blessing. Now your day is blessed (lol)

[urbanclimber777]

lol andy rooney would be proud of this if he wer an atheist.

[JSResponds]

Haha. It's a shortening of "I hope that you have a nice/blessed day", and blessed day is a shortening of "a day full of blessings".

[KingHeathen]

"I hope your day is full of blessings"....why not just say that then? Because it's shorter? Please, time yourself...what is it an extra .5 secs at most?

[JSResponds]

The world is lazy.

[KingHeathen]

lol...fair enough.

[DblOSmith]

"God bless"  "Mind thinks"

[pmarie2003]

In the book, Class, by Paul Fussell, he recommends saying, "Thanks, but I've made other plans," to those who implore you to have a nice day. I guess it would work for "have a blessed day," too. I think I'll try it. The look on the person's face should be priceless.

[BattleshipTx]

Have none of you ever heard someone say "Bless you" when you sneeze? How is this different? I expect even in California you would here an occasional "Bless you" after a sneeze.

[KingHeathen]

that annoys me too...that one sounds like the one saying it has the power to bless people. Plus, the history behind why that is said is utterly hysterical. Anyone that still says it should look into that to see what they are REALLY saying.

[Retrovertigo26]

King Heathen - "that annoys me too..."

I've heard that the origin of saying "bless you" after someone sneezes had to do with frightening away evil spirits/demons, because the 'soul' was thought to be vulnerable to them after a sneeze.

I've recently adopted the policy of saying "thank you" if I sneeze and no one says "bless you". The problem is, someone always does.

[KingHeathen]

I've heard that story as well...I'm not sure how valid it is, but it does seem to fit within the superstitious tendancies that they had long ago.

[zabriel13]

I've always preferred the German "gesundheit" anyhow. Roughly translates to "good health", which is a nice wish for somebody with the sneezes.

[jscience]

I've never heard that phrase before,

You'd enjoy the southwest!

[DblOSmith]

I hate "Have a blessed day" too. A friend of mine has it on his voice mail greeting, and I weigh the pros/cons of leaving the message before I get to that point.

[Crawler101010101]

Oh figgnuts... How did you manage to pull that shit off. Don't tell me Dawkins is a KH sub! :O Gawd Dayum Son!

Also, I sadly fall into the cliche of saying

"Have a nice day" aswell. But I honestly don't see it in such a bad way. It's just a phrase of kindness.

[BattleshipTx]

I don't really like the phrase "have a blessed day" either and I am Christian. Don't like "Have a nice day" either. "Have a rational day" isn't any better. Good morning and goodbye are great. "Be your own King" is so monarchist.

[Crawler101010101]

How is it monarchist? It simply means be in control of your own life.

[BattleshipTx]

"How is it monarchist? It simply means be in control of your own life."

Like a monarch.

[Crawler101010101]

No, that would be controlling your own life and the lives of others. It would imply dominance over a group of people, not simple control of your own life.

Also it isn't necessary to quote 1 line sentences ffs >_>

[BattleshipTx]

I think it is necessary to quote one line sentences so others don't think it is your own statement.

To me "Be your own King" is ambiguous as to whether you mean dominance (1) over only yourself or (2) over yourself and those around you.

[Crawler101010101]

Considering that my statement was right above your response, it wasn't needed.

I understand what you mean, but the phrase in itself is simply referring to control over your own life.

Oh w/e, its just a phrase, I'm not going to get into a 50 responce essay over it xP

[KingHeathen]

BSTX, if EVERYONE is THEIR OWN king, then NO ONE has dominance over anyone. The sentiment (as I see it) is that you remove all other people's dominance away from you and become royalty. You remove yourself from all points of subjectivity.

[BattleshipTx]

"...then NO ONE has dominance over anyone."

I don't know. Some Kings have dominion over other Kings and make them pay tribute, etc. It just sounds old and monarchist and potentially confrontational to me. As smart as y'all are, I bet you could do better. Something humanist about all pulling together to make a better world or the like.

[KingHeathen]

I really didn't expect a "Christian" to be so incapable of understanding a "metaphor"

[BattleshipTx]

It is a metaphor that can be read more than one way.

[KingHeathen]

you mean like your "perfect" Bible?

[WtfJuju]

Very nice

[bipolarcook]

Have a rash-anal day. I could do a day like that.

Allthough my girlfriend wouldn't like it very much.

[lostorfound19]

holy shit! i cant wait for 300

[Ryansarcade9]

You've got me excited about the 300th video!!! You went to see him at AUB didn't you!!! I wanted to go see him, I didn't get tickets in time though... : (

[KingHeathen]

Editing is done...video is going up shortly.  Wait till you see what I pull off here!

[Ryansarcade9]

I don't say this often, but I'm on pins and needles!!

[lumikitten]

I think they really mean "I wish you will have a blessed/nice day" as opposed to 'telling' the person to have a blessed/nice day. In other words, the person who wishes a blessed day, doesn't exactly think you will have a choice, but that they 'wish' the blessed day upon you.

[KingHeathen]

Think about the arrogance of that though (if a god really existed)...to say HAVE a blessed day is like COMMANDING that god to do it.

[DeletedDelusion]

I´m realy glad that where I live, I don´t have to hear "holy" talk like "have a blessed day" all day long.

I can´t imagine how anoying it must be.

[Crawler101010101]

I don't hear much of it either Double D, but even though I'm in Cali we still get some weaseled in phrases. Today at the gas station after it was done pumping gas, it spat out the receipt which said on the bottom "GOD Bless America!" which I found random and has been annoying me ever since.

[DeletedDelusion]

At the bottom of a receipt? That´s realy strange.

Well, we got "god" in our national anthem.

Luckily most people don´t know the silly text of it, and it is mostly played without someone singing the text.

[Crawler101010101]

Yeah it is strange and random. I can also spot at least 15 cars with "GOD Bless America" bumperstickers on my way to school. My hypothesis is that these people don't really understand the phrase completely, and are just sticking it on their to show patriotism... at least I Hope :S

[KingHeathen]

On the way to the event, we saw a vehicle that had one of those plates, but their license plate bracket covered up the entire phrase...so there may be something to that.

[Crawler101010101]

Interesting, though I can't possibly compare anything up here in Los Angeles to the religiousity of the good Ol' South :P

[thequestionmarkofGod]

I might have gone with a "realistic day" Or as I tend to say "Time of day" in a bid to recognize that while its 8AM for me its midnight for someone else.

[HumbleYankee]

I like: "Have the day you wish to have.", if even that's possible. Or: "The day is what you make it."

[HumbleYankee]

I'm guessing that in order to have a blessed day, you need to hope and wish for it.

[thkaal]

Dawkins?  NO F-ING WAY!

[TheFarcicalCourt]

wow dawkins thats impressive

[UltimoJ]

I'm a Pagan and I think for myself. Have a logical day.

[DavidRandallCurtis]

"This is King Heathen - asking you to think freely." - dang... it's probably too late to suggest that? Congrats on Dawkins!!!!!!

[ktorch]

With all the hate in this xtain nation, I'll accept any statement of kindness anyone can muster up! Now, onto the more previlent problems of the day!

[LONGBOW0808]

Awesome.Dawkins.Can't wait.

[zzbullan]

it better be as good as the hype, i dont doubt you. but you know ive seen movie and tv shows hyped up so much that when i saw it i was disappointed had it not been so publisicised i might of liked it. i hope it lives up to expectations

[WizardJim]

No. Fucking. Way.

THE Dawkmeister? Dude, that rocks so hard.

[cjclifford]

You need to start your 300th video by screaming "This is Sparta!"

[KingHeathen]

lol...I didn't even think about that aspect of "300"

[istheretruth]

I see your point.....have a blessed day bro!!!

[pdoeman]

In the UK the word 'blessed' is also used as a substitute curse word.

I.e. if your toaster breaks down you say "that blessed toaster needs throwing away"

But we pronounce it "bless-ed".

[philhellenes]

Very curious about the big 300. Off to vote now. :)

[cjclifford]

now why was this comment marked as spam???

[wynjones1]

someone probeby acsedentaly pressed it

[KingHeathen]

I have no idea why this is marked as spam. I saw it before too on someone else's comments. I happened to catch the comment only seconds after they posted it too, so it couldn't have been several people hit the spam button that quick. It must be a new glitch from YT.

[jussts]

Holy crap... god's going to be in the 300th video, right? Or wait... maybe those oily, gay dudes from 300. It'll be awesome either way.

[RobertlewisIR]

You son of a bitch. Now I'm jealous (and still looking forward to 300).

[squitmaa]

May you be blessed by reason ;)

[TheKidFrom13thStreet]

You cross out the god and put logic on your dollar bills? That is awesome!

[lisamariefan]

Why didn't I think of that?

[TheKidFrom13thStreet]

Personally I normally just cross out the god...but I like KingHeathen's idea.

[Barklord]

Instead of "In God we trust", I write:

"For this we lust?"

[Crawler101010101]

I seriously have to start putting logic in the place of it, I do however cross out God once and a while, just for kicks.

[Barklord]

Do you anaalyze music lyrics this way to? lol Have a nice day.

[KingHeathen]

lol....sadly....yes...lol

[clicb4]

So do I but I also write them sometimes so I guess it's in my genes. :P

[KingHeathen]

same here...as a former singer/song writer I want to try to understand the lyrics, not just hum along. As the prophet Cobain said, "He doesn't know what I mean when I say, 'yeah'."

[clicb4]

That's probably why I don't really listen to rap. More of a rock/metal guy here, but I like lyrics that make me think and have nifty colloquial wording. Thinking...it's a dying artform.

[ISteveRgawdx]

conor oberst is currently my favorite songwrite I love his metaphors