2007-09-16 13:00:57 · 16 answers · asked by Ginger 6 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Blessed are they that mourn for they shall be comforted. It will make you physically ill to hold back grief and sorrow. Death can be a great blessing to those in pain, yet we still will miss our loved ones.
2007-09-17 04:15:19 · answer #1 · answered by Isolde 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Well, it is still sad! We would be heartless if we didn't show some emotion!
I read in a talk once, can't remember what it was called or who gave it, but it was after my grandfather had passed away a year ago...I was very close to him, sad that he was gone and it would be quite a while before I would see him again, but glad that he was out of pain...I read that one cannot have a joyful reunion in the next life without having a tearful parting in this life. That gave me great comfort.
I know I will see my family members again, it is still hard to let go - because we are human and have emotion!
2007-09-18 14:11:30 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
The same reason mothers cry when their sons go for two years on missions.
Yes you know you will see them again in the next life. But for the time being, they are not there to be the friend, the guide, the comfort, or the inspiration. So you weep at their passing, but with the knowledge and hope that again you will see them.
2007-09-17 01:24:43 · answer #3 · answered by Lex 7 · 3⤊ 0⤋
Mormons be hanged. We all dispare when a loved one passes. It is simple. Separation. Whether it is a loved one going across country or further we miss them and we cry (not me personally) now compound it by the fact we will not see them for some time and the overwhelming loss it great. Then as others have mentioned we wonder about their final destination and our own and this compounds our sense of loss.
2007-09-16 20:13:58 · answer #4 · answered by crimthann69 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
This is contrictory to a question that came up a while ago about mormons that DON'T cry when a love one dies, both my parents DID NOT cry when my grandparents (their parents) died. My dad did not cry (maybe privately) when my Mom died. But my dad would shed tears during a testimony meeting or during a tesimony he would say "I would like to thank God for giing me my wife." but now that my Mom was gone, he would only cry privately. I think you have it backwards, or at least in my experience with mormons, they DON'T cry at funerals.
2007-09-18 11:42:54 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Seriously? I cry when I've been visiting my family and have to say goodbye to them and I know that although we are only separated by so many miles, I can still see them again... It's separation that is saddening when you have to part from the ones that you love. I may know that I'm planning to see my family in a couple years, but I miss them thoroughly in the meantime...
2007-09-18 17:57:38 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
It's sad to see someone go, especially when they were in the prime of their life. It will be a long time before we see them again. Just as we cry when a family member moves far away.
I really liked the answer that talked about Jesus weeping before Lazarus arose.
2007-09-17 12:20:28 · answer #7 · answered by Senator John McClain 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's true, the Bible teaches that there is hope for the dead! There are many scriptures that point this out, including John 5:28,29 - "Do not marvel at this, because the hour is coming in which all those in the memorial tombs will hear his voice and come out, those who did good things to a resurrection of life, those who practiced vile things to a resurrection of judgment."
But, in the account of Lazarus' death, Jesus gave way to tears, even though he knew Lazarus would be coming back; it was the fact that he had died -- the reality of death. John 11: 32-36 - "And so Mary, when she arrived where Jesus was and caught sight of him, fell at his feet, saying to him: “Lord, if you had been here, my brother would not have died.” 33 Jesus, therefore, when he saw her weeping and the Jews that came with her weeping, groaned in the spirit and became troubled; 34 and he said: “Where have YOU laid him?” They said to him: “Lord, come and see.” 35 Jesus gave way to tears. 36 Therefore the Jews began to say: “See, what affection he used to have for him!”
2007-09-16 21:15:39 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
We cry for the same reason we would cry if they go away to a far place for a long time, and we won't see them for a long time. We will miss them.
2007-09-17 13:51:18 · answer #9 · answered by mormon_4_jesus 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Mormons aren't the only ones who say that. I don't but I'm Catholic and believe that you never really know which way you're going.
We all cry when someone we love dies.
2007-09-16 20:06:50 · answer #10 · answered by Ten Commandments 5 · 2⤊ 0⤋