...How many times per day do you hear someone say this? I'd imagine, unless you work at home, a dozen or so at the least. This statement, though clearly religious in origin, has lost all religious meaning. Now if you may be so kind tell me why people started saying it? Long before I shed my religion, I stopped saying this because I learned the comical origins of this phrase,but these origins have no bearing on what is now just considered habit or common courtesy but people still look down upon me for this (even though I use alternative phrases). What can this tell us about faith?
Sometimes traditions carry on simply because they go unquestioned and it goes against common courtesy not to follow them.
Breaking Common Courtesy
Breaking another faith-based common courtesy, I continue to ask people their views on faith. Below are the answers of one Christian, Lamar Smith, a friend of the Truth,who responds in my interview with him on this topic that it is considered common courtesy not to ask about. He is a rather liberal Christian who I have known for many years and spoken with on practically everything but I never really knew any of his positions on this subject.Answering questions on and about faith, Lamar tells me, among other things, why he chose his religion, how he feels when someone questions his position and if he fears death. With no further adieu:
I very much appreciated the predictive summary that preceded this interview. Way to pave the road, and allow for different levels of interest/engagement.
ReplyDeleteyour voice is effective with your subject. while it remains conversational, it has an edge of intelligence and scholar-dom. yeah, that's a word. keep it up!
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