Why do so many people make such a big deal out of how important family is in life, when there's a strong?

Question

possibility when you die, you'll never see those people ever again?

Answer 1

umm...

usually they are the only people you can trust.

friends always screw you over

Answer 2

well you could use that logic for everything . why get married, i'll never see her again when i die, why have friends? the answer is, that you have a good time knowing and loving them. but i do kind of agree with you. in my case, honestly, family isn't very important to me. I wish i could make such a big deal out of family, and love them all and have families like my friends do. but the fact of the matter is, i have a small and highly disfunctional family, so there isn't much to choose from. therefore, replace what you lack in family with friends. does it really matter if they're your best friend or cousin? for some they're one in the same

Answer 3

Focus on the here and now. Families can offer emotional support that's hard to find, but they can also be hell wholes. It wasn't that long ago when families were always depicted differently. Two parents and one stay at home mom. Two kids where generally everyone pulled together. It is from these depictions that large amount of people got their value for family. Today it is much tuffer to define family. Look for good things family offer and leave some of that real wacky stuff to shows who Cd's you avoid buying.

Answer 4

By your own admissions your parents are dysfunctional and abusive. You have moved away from them but the aftermath of their actions and demeanor are staying with you.

In today's society families are becoming more and more seperated and dysfunctional. It is the inevitable consequence of putting career and financial success before ourselves and those we love and depend upon.

You have moved away. You wish you had done that years ago. Now you have. You are certainly old enough to be away from your family, so be glad in it. Forget them and start being you. If I were you I would simply cross them off your Christmas card list and forget about them. Let some years pass before your re-enter communication with them. When you do communicate, do so like your own man and stand up to their will with your own will. Tell them what their problems are and why you distance yourself. They will either flick you off or they will repent and ask forgiveness. It's a win-win situation for you either way.

Be yourself and stop fretting over what mom and dad did to you.

Answer 5

Family is a big deal. Family teaches you everything. Your family teaches how to walk, talk, what is good, what is bad, how to act, how to dress.... EVERYTHING.

The importance of family is soooo fundamental that all animals in the animal kingdome follow it. They care for their family especially more than the other animals, and they have special calls for just their family members (whales).

Even Amoebas (single-celled organisms) have a strong bond when it comes to families.

Amoebas will self-sacrifice themselves for only another family member in times of food shortage.

Read about them here:
http://www.livescience.com/animalworld/060823_amoebae.html

You see, you are basing your opinion off of your religion.

Other families have other religions or often no religion at all so your point is null and void to them.

Religion is also another important thing taught by the family.

Answer 6

"Good gosh Minkus!
Your family is a big deal to me. I'm hoping you have a strong relationship with yours as I do with mine.
Your family carries your distinctive, special DNA. They are the closest of Sapiens in this life. Our families are our first support group. As we mature, friends are incorporated into our lifestyles nearly as close as family and sometimes closer, but, your family is still primary unless your relationship deteriorates with them for reasons only you know.
Many M.D.'s and Ph.D's feel that passing on their DNA is a form of immortality and they discount other definitions of the spiritual.
I have a tendency to believe exactly as you do about death. That's the time when everything ceases ... it's the eternal sleep that we won't even be aware of.

Answer 7

I did not understant the point you are trying to make. I think what makes family important is not whether or not we will see them again when we die, but what we share with them here and now.

Why did you ask this question then? Why is it important to you that you get an answer to this question. When you dies probably you will not even remmeber that you asked this question!

I do not understand the logic behind your question, sorry!
Anyway, I am not enjoying myself answering this question, so that is it for now.

Answer 8

You must think very little of your own family, and that's a real shame. Family from a psychological perspective is everything. Humans in general like their own space, but also thrive in "packs". Family's can support you in times of need and trouble, or they can share in joy and triumph. Give you a boost of confidence when you need it the most. I don't know about you but I believe that after I gone I will see them again, I Believe in Heaven.

Answer 9

We will be reunited with our family and friends in heaven if we are born again believers in the saving power of Jesus Christ. However there will be no more earthly baggage between those people because we will be in a state of no sin or suffering. We will have glorified bodies and be in peace and communion with God the Father.

Answer 10

You make the best out of the life you have now and that is spending time with your family while you are alive. Don't worry about what will happen when you die.

Answer 11

I don't know about you , but that is where my heart will be whether we meet again in heaven or not though I very much pray that we do.

Why ? have you ever compare a scene of yourself lonely in a big house and another scene , a house full of laughters, noise and you are among them ? what would you like ?