Timeline for How would Japanese people react to someone refusing to say “itadakimasu” for religious reasons?
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| Jun 14, 2019 at 21:17 | comment | added | IronSean | @DavidRicherby True, but if the question was asking about the alternatives to goodbye to avoid religious connotations, an acceptable answer would still be "Those connotations essentially no longer exist, you can just use it". | |
| Jun 14, 2019 at 20:51 | comment | added | rackandboneman | Even worse, someone convinced that they have to refuse others mildly religious customs could come across as fundamentalist and/or hostile towards the host culture and by extension the people practicing it. | |
| Jun 13, 2019 at 17:26 | comment | added | badjohn | I'm not making any serious point here. I know some non-religious people who avoid saying "bless you" because it is so obviously religious but I don't know any who object to "goodbye". Its origins are pretty much forgotten. I am not an expert in Japanese culture but maybe "Itadakimasu" is as dissociated from its original meaning as "goodbye" and not considered religious at all. | |
| Jun 13, 2019 at 16:14 | comment | added | David Richerby | @badjohn Playing devil's (oops, religious) advocate, there are plenty of alternatives to saying "goodbye" and the question could be interpreted as asking if there are any "see you later!"-style alternatives to "itadakimasu". | |
| Jun 13, 2019 at 13:14 | comment | added | Ray Butterworth | @badjohn, right. A reference for this is in What is the origin of the word 'goodbye'?" | |
| Jun 13, 2019 at 10:48 | comment | added | badjohn | Or goodbye which derives from "God be with you". | |
| Jun 13, 2019 at 8:49 | history | answered | lambshaanxy | CC BY-SA 4.0 |