I think this is sick,. why do we want to see some one we love dead.
You all ready know they are dead. they do not look the same.
I don't get this myself, it has never helped me, what about you?
did this help and how
2007-03-04 16:36:40 · 7 answers · asked by reneyhun 5 in Society & Culture ➔ Other - Society & Culture
I think its morbid myself....
Seeing my deceased friend in a casket... reinforced the fact that we are actually all souls and our body is just our temporary home
2007-03-04 17:22:48 · answer #1 · answered by venom! 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
This is a loaded question. I have done volunteer grief counselling over the years. When possible, it is harder on the families to have an open casket sometimes, but after it is all over, I have found that the ones who have an open casket seem to accept better that their love one is really deceased. Otherwise, some seem to put off the grieving thinking that maybe........the loved one is no really dead....... The process just seems to take longer. My Belief is that once a loved one has died, they know every time you thought of them and how much you loved them. I take great comfort in that belief. Hope it helps.
2007-03-05 00:51:27 · answer #2 · answered by truckermate 2 · 3⤊ 0⤋
In many cases it helps the family and friends accept the fact that their loved one is indeed dead. When I was in high school one of my friends died in a car accident, it was really bad, but they wanted to have an open casket so the students could accept that he did in fact die, kinda strange but, it helps with the process you go through when a close friend or relative dies
2007-03-05 00:45:00 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 2⤋
I live in the South and its defiantly a Southern tradition to leave the casket open. It kind of creeps me out. When I went to my uncles funeral in Michigan I was relieved when it was a closed casket.
2007-03-05 00:42:29 · answer #4 · answered by Jayson Kane 7 · 2⤊ 1⤋
Those who are in the casket didn't decide. Their families did and apparently not all people think the same way that you do.
2007-03-05 00:50:03 · answer #5 · answered by liberty11235 6 · 4⤊ 0⤋
I dont care what happens after I die. I have noone to come to the furneral so as far as I am concerned my body can go to a body farm and rot.
2007-03-05 00:43:27 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
the people might get out!
2007-03-05 00:40:54 · answer #7 · answered by ? 3 · 4⤊ 0⤋