Conundrum about the death and the afterlife

[juvenissun]

Those who cried the most were those who knew the deceased the best; religion was irrelevant.

You do not see the whole picture. Religion is not possible to be irrelevant (it is not logical).

 

[PsychoSarah]

You do not see the whole picture. Religion is not possible to be irrelevant (it is not logical).

I meant religious beliefs had no impact on the severity of the grief

 

[juvenissun]

I meant religious beliefs had no impact on the severity of the grief

How could that be measured and tallied?
I think it has a severe impact.

 

[PsychoSarah]

How could that be measured and tallied?
I think it has a severe impact.

How people react. Pretty sure the person who collapses in tears is in a state of immense grief

 

[Eudaimonist]

If my 59 year old father died tomorrow, it would be shocking and sad because he is still so healthy and has so much life ahead of him. Despite the fact that 50 years ago he would be at a ripe old age...

Certainly, but we are no longer talking about the length of a life so much as its "fullness".


eudaimonia,

Mark