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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]when someone says they're blessed, to me, it's the same as saying they're lucky, which they might be.

It's not a personal affront, OP. Whether it's luck, privilege, hard work, or a blessing, it doesn't really matter, because the outcome is the same. Just be happy for them and for their acknowledgement that they have something in life to be grateful for.[/quote]

DP here. I get what OP is saying. It's the tone deafness. What is implied when you say you are blessed because of your good fortune - that some divine being has smiled upon you, and even if you deny it,[b] there is the logical implication that others who haven't had much good fortune in life are not blessed.
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That's all. [/quote]

No, your conclusion is not logical.

Saying that you've been blessed doesn't imply that others aren't blessed because they don't have exactly what you have, when you have it. If I say I am blessed to have a house, it doesn't imply that those without houses are not also blessed. There was a time when I didn't have a house either. I spent years saving for a home, then I spent a year looking for a house and put in offers on multiple homes and was outbid again and again, but I still considered myself blessed then in countless ways. [b]Saying that you are blessed is more about a general state of grace and gratitude, not about having everything you want[/b].[/quote]

So if you are blessed because you have a house, what happens when you lose that house, have your lost your blessing?[/quote]

No. Reread and try again.[/quote]

^Also, since this is about semantics and phrasing, I did not say I was blessed because I have a house. I said I was blessed to have a house; having a house is not the reason I am blessed. I am blessed because of God's grace. [/quote]

Then why link god’s grace to your house at all?

Many terrible people throughout history have had houses, even palaces. Were those the result of god’s grace too? Do the homeless have a smaller portion of god’s grace?[/quote]

You clearly don't read the bible.  I could answer meaningfully, but why bother.  You have eyes that cannot see, and ears that cannot hear.  [/quote]

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