when you die you go to a better place or are reborn or something along those lines then why do religious people morn?
2007-01-16 05:52:16 · 40 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
It's always painful to lose someone, not because they go on to a better place, but because they are no longer going to be with you in this life.
2007-01-16 05:54:44 · answer #1 · answered by HarmNone 3 · 7⤊ 0⤋
The answer is that on a human level there is something to mourn. Just because you believe that a spirit moves on to another world does not mean you should not be saddened and mournful of someone's death.
BTW - I disagree that most religions believe in a better place. Maybe most western religions.
2007-01-16 05:57:02 · answer #2 · answered by Cerebal 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
People mourn if they have been close to the person who passes away. Especially if they were dependant on the person for their life like a little child to a parent or people that were really married and loved one another.
It all sorts out later on anyways.. its just part of the cycle.
Of course if I didn't believe in an afterlife that would make me grieve for sure.
2007-01-16 06:07:59 · answer #3 · answered by Tapestry6 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Actually my church has "home-going celebrations" rather than funerals. It's a very real human emotion to grieve the loss of a person you love. That person will no longer be here on earth to talk to or spend time with. It's natural to mourn. We are not mourning the fact that the person has passed into Heaven. We are mourning our own personal loss here on earth. We take comfort in the fact that we will one day rejoin them.
2007-01-16 06:03:08 · answer #4 · answered by Pamela 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
We mourn because it is slighty a bit of selfishness. We are sad that they are not going to be here with us anymore and plus we feel bad for their families and how they lost a family member. Also, we can't judge another's eternity so sometimes we aren't sure if our loved one is in a better place because of the way they lived their lives. Now that is a reason to mourn.
2007-01-16 05:59:28 · answer #5 · answered by Miss Momma 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
because religious people have feelings too...
If one of my kids died, I'd be comforted knowing they're in a better place, but I would still miss her and it would hurt a lot to not have her around to do those things together that mean so much to us as parents. Same thing with spouse, sibling, any other person you have a relationship with really.
2007-01-16 05:56:26 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Because regardless of wether or not you believe you go to a beter place, the mourn of a loved one is due to the feelings you had for that person, you won't see them anymore and that takes a toll on everybody :-(
2007-01-16 05:59:44 · answer #7 · answered by Frank the tank 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Because those of us who are left behind will miss the person we have lost. And, though it is more likely than not we will be reincarnated in proximity of each other and meet again (if we are linked on a soul level), it is possible that we may not encounter the person we love for many lifetimes.
)O(
2007-01-16 06:00:02 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
We morn because that although that person will go on to be reincarnated we will still be without them. I do not look at a wake as a time to morn but a time to comfort those that are left behind.
Blessed Be )O(
2007-01-16 05:58:24 · answer #9 · answered by Stephen 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
furthermore, why don't christians mourn over the loss of life in iraq? i mean, to be more specific, why don't american christians have masses and sermons wherein they mourn the losses of iraqi muslims? let's say that a christian family sends their son over there to fight a muslim family and one has to die. scenario A, the christian dies and "goes to heaven," (according to the christian families beliefs) and the family mourns the loss of their son. scenario B, the muslim dies and burns in hell (according, again, to the christian family's beliefs) and the family rejoices. a bit odd, don't you think? christians around the world should be horrified at the mass numbers of devout muslims that we are "sending to hell" over there! instead, they're rejoicing in the numbers of their own who are NOT being sent to heaven.
deep down everyone knows for a fact that there is no heaven and no god, just in the same way that you know when you're hungry and your mom puts her breast to your lips all you need do is suck (when you're an infant lol, don't get weird ideas!), something that to that point you had never done before... it's called instinct. humans bond with eachother, family first, then immediate community (friends, etc.) and when that bond is broken we naturally feel sad.
feeling sorry and sad for the deaths of eachother as well as the devastation god either causes, or allows, is doubting god's plan. you should give praise, as a christian, to god no matter what happens. a tree falls over and destroys your house: praise god. grandma's hip surgery goes perfectly: praise god. you get shot at war: praise god... you get the idea. anytime you are upset all you are doing is telling your god that you don't trust him/her/it whatever. OR you can give up on god and get real and realize that we are all we have...
2007-01-16 06:05:11 · answer #10 · answered by Shawn M 3 · 1⤊ 1⤋
You aren't reborn once you die you die. As for the morning part well we morn because we lost a loved one and it hurts us. It makes us feel better that they are in a better place if they accepted Jesus as their lord and savour but it doesn't mean that we won't grive over them and not miss them because we do.
2007-01-16 05:56:15 · answer #11 · answered by Irish Girl 5 · 0⤊ 2⤋