Go bless you?

Question

why do you say god bless you?

my theory is people used to think sneezing was bad so they said god bless you... i made it up but.. do any people know why?

Answer 1

Well may god help deliver you from illiteracy.

THIS IS THE EARTH SCIENCE SECTION!!!

Answer 2

The custom of saying "God bless you" after a sneeze was begun literally as a blessing. Pope Gregory the Great (540-604 AD) ascended to the Papacy just in time for the start of the plague (his successor succumbed to it). Gregory (who also invented the ever-popular Gregorian chant) called for litanies, processions and unceasing prayer for God's help and intercession. Columns marched through the streets chanting, "Kyrie Eleison" (Greek for "Lord have mercy"). When someone sneezed, they were immediately blessed ("God bless you!") in the hope that they would not subsequently develop the plague. All that prayer apparently worked, judging by how quickly the plague of 590 AD diminished.