Why is it that it's considered a tragedy (9-11 or a baby's death) among christians but we are supposed to be..

Question

Why is it that death is considered a tragedy? We hear many fellow christians say..."that's a tragedy" when a baby dies or a child or the christians who parished in 9-11. Aren't we supposed to be elated at the thought of eternal life in heaven?

Gary, you didn't even come close to answering my question. And, you did it with an attitude. What's wrong with you. Jesus also said, love your neighbor as yourself.

I have heard many christians say they can't wait until the day they see Jesus' face. Are they fooling themselves? Are they really scared of death? If they are so excited for the day then why do deaths still rank as a tragedy to them?

Answer 1

Everyone has an ideal about life, a programmed condition in our brain that a full life is meant to be lived and includes all the stages including old age. The tragedy we feel is the trauma of a life that seems to be cheated out of it's fullness. But in faith we trust that something greater than our will and understanding knows best.

Answer 2

Loss can be a tragedy but death doesn't have to be. We forget so quickly that this life is just the beginning of it all. I heard someone once say that our life on earth is "just the first sentence in the 1st paragraph of the Introduction to the Preface." He's right!!!

For us Christians, the best is yet to come. For those who reject Jesus, this life is the best that will ever be and it's flying by very quickly like a passing vapor!

Answer 3

Death is the result of evil in the world, and we experience death as an evil. The fact that death has been redeemed does not make it good in itself. We were made for life, and life is what we crave. Now we have to pass through death to eternal life. The process is not pleasant. Even faith cannot make it so. It was painful even to God the Son.

Answer 4

how many people who PERISHED on 9/11 were christian? do we know? its a tragedy because so many lives were ruined that day not just those that died.think of the children who will live the rest of their lives without a parent.whole generations will be affected ,we were all touched by that act of evil.i have the comfort that those who die in Christ will be there when i die but at the same time i am human and have to face the pain and grief of going on without those i love.

Answer 5

the people that have parished
maybe at peace and in heaven
but for the loved ones that are still alive
consider it a tragedy because they can't see
their love ones during this life time

Answer 6

It depends on your denomination. Death is an unnatural separation of soul from body, not eternal bliss in heaven. Our hope is the resurrection of the body - that is our triumph. Man was made for the earth.

Answer 7

We are all human and to be human means to be saddened when we lose those we love regardless of the prospects of eternal life. I have been to "christian" funerals that they tried to turn into 'life celebrations' and it made everything more awkward and painful than it had to be, especially for the family. It's human nature to be saddened after loss.

Answer 8

Yeah! ikr all that happened exchange into FU#@!NG TERROIST TOOK OVER A airplane probably KILLED THE PILOTS, CRASHED right into a FREAKING TALL A$$ BULIDING, human beings JUMPED TO THERE DEATHS as a exchange of BURNING, infants DIED, and human beings interior the construction THAT exchange into BEING COLLAPSED ON people who have been attempting to assist, no vast deal yeah.

Answer 9

If you suffer a bereavement you feel a crushing sense of loss not elation.

Answer 10

Because we are human first and religious second. As humans we are selfish and want our loved ones to stay with us forever, not thinking about what's actually best for them.