2007-02-27 18:20:09 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
They have religious origins and I think they are misleading, but they are just words. You could say, it's just a figure of speach.
2007-02-27 18:21:47 · answer #1 · answered by A 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Passed Away means died. Passed on "religious terms" means that someone has pride to a level of sin. What do humans really know about death? Or even harder, what do humans know about before life? And, is there a difference?
2007-02-28 02:26:03 · answer #2 · answered by zclifton2 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
They are euphemisms. People don't like to say that someone is dead. Non-religious people use them too so there is nothing particularly religious about them.
2007-02-28 02:24:18 · answer #3 · answered by tentofield 7 · 3⤊ 0⤋
Perhaps you are referring to the euphemisms in reference to someone who has died. Both are frequently used to describe someone's death.
2007-02-28 02:28:14 · answer #4 · answered by martha d 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
no it simply refers to the fact that their time here has passed.
2007-02-28 02:30:03 · answer #5 · answered by Another☼Human 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
No. They're scientific terms.
2007-02-28 02:22:36 · answer #6 · answered by argamedius 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
I think they are just euphemisms, supposedly easier to say or hear than 'dead' or 'died'.
Oops, took too long--someone beat me to it.
2007-02-28 02:25:53 · answer #7 · answered by wayfaroutthere 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋