Is a funeral out of respect for the dead or the living?

Answer 1

respect for the deceased and a chance to celebrate their life.Also a way of helping families cope with their grief through making the loss real and a chance to say goodbye. :(

Answer 2

I was just thinking about this today. I think it is more for the living. The dead are already in their resting place. The funeral must be to show support for the living.

Answer 3

Of course its for the dead, you just wouldn't watch your friend or relative die and dump them in a field somewhere, would you? Well, depending on how well you liked them, some might just get dumped in a field and fed to the vultures. But burial or cremation is a proper ceremony in my opinion. I prefer burials. The living just come out to support the family, be nosey to see how well the funeral home did the body and eat up all the damn food afterwards!

Answer 4

a funeral is for the living - it gives us a chance to say goodbye. others pay their respect to the living by acknowledging the ones they lost.

Answer 5

The living because the dead have let the party.

Answer 6

The funeral is to give the living closure and peace.

Answer 7

Maybe neither...
On the practical side,where would you keep a dead body? In the morgue - you would have to pay rent and imagine the pollution. Not to mention that the elements would be 'stuck' instead of going from dust to dust, ashes to ashes......

Answer 8

It's for the living. The dead are dead, what do they care!

Answer 9

For both although the dead wouldn't care anymore I guess. But they might have cared while they were still alive

Answer 10

Both , but it gives the loved ones a chance to see how many friends they really have , it is comforting.