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Never have understood this, if you want to give thanks for your food, when you get up in the morning say your "Thank You" prayer for the day, all the food you stick in your mouth will be covered...that will include all your snacks too....simple.
When I've been asked to return thanks in previous years, I usually have said something acknowledging gratitude for family past and present, for friends ditto, for the bounty of the earth which brought forth our meal, for the hands which prepared it, and have asked for blessings for all present, as well as those who are not with us except in our hearts.
Prayers are offered before sporting events and I haven't heard anyone complain about it. It makes more sense to pray over food than a football game or NASCAR race.
Our whole system that brought prosperity and FOOD for everyone came from the teachings of Jesus the Christ...if it were not for Jesus...we would all be poor...I am thankful for true and intelligent socialism that came from the mind of Jesus - It is the only socialist system that does not FORCE...people to give to charity through taxes..but through free will without embarrassing the poor with the label of welfare.
Just because someone asks to pray for the food, does NOT mean they have to accept. It is the hosts house and if they do not believe, they should have the right to decline gracefully.
I did not say that had to accept. I said it would have been courteous to do so. Eye rolling is not gracefully declining. It is a mocking gesture and totally inappropriate in any social setting.
As a host, I feel a responsibility to make my guests feel at ease. This means I do not roll my eyes at them, even when they say something that I feel is a bit wacky. For example, your post makes me shake my head right now, but I wouldn't do that in your presense because that would be rude. Again, this is really not about beliefs but about manners.
At my bfs parents home, 7 of us sat around the table for Thanksgiving dinner and no one seemed to be about to bless the food, so I just quietly bowed my head and blessed my food. I am used to doing this.
When my kids and I are eating together, my son normally blesses the food, and my bf will join in. Whether or not he is actually joining or just quietly bowing his head until we are done, I do not know.
If I am out to eat, whether alone or with others, I bless my food. This is just what I do...
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