We're trying to argue from your worldview. And maybe we're not doing a good job of it. We're well aware that miscarriages can be an extremely painful experience. Because we atheists don't believe that we'll ever be reunited in heaven, which is a realm of eternal bliss. But Christians do profess to believe that. So that leaves us confused. Why are they sad? Don't the believe the things they profess to believe?
Of course we're also well aware that a Christian experiences the pain they feel in this life just as an atheist does. It's just that from a Christian worldview that pain should be dampened by a belief that their loved ones are in a place of eternal happiness and they'll be reunited for all eternity.
There are a lot of Christians -- really, I guess it's the new, modern trend -- who present funerals as "celebrations of life," who
try to make it a joyous occasion, who play happy music and party it up. But I find this extremely sad. Even at these kind of funerals, I see the family fighting back tears,
struggling to keep their happy faces on,
pretending death is something that it's not. Yes, we should celebrate and be consoled that we believe our loved one has passed to God's glory and that we'll see them again -- but the truth is, death, no matter what the one who's passed might be gaining, is
loss for us who are left behind.
What you atheists don't seem to understand is that
it's not supposed to be this way. Death is a great insult to the human person and to the human community. It's a
trauma. It's something that rips away loved ones from our side and takes them from us for the rest of our earthly lives. Christians believe that in God's original plan, humans were
meant to enjoy eternal fellowship with God -- but that death came about as a result of sin. Salvation restores us to the promise of eternal life, and yes, we can hope in the Resurrection that we'll see our loved ones again -- but death is still death. Loss is still loss. You and the other guy write as if Christians, because they believe in something supernatural, aren't supposed to experience natural human emotions. Let us grieve, please.