To me they are sick and morbid and really not needed
2007-10-01 02:09:23 · 8 answers · asked by wilo_chick 4 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
It's important for many people to help get closure. My mom always wanted to see her sister (who had been on a ventilator for 3 years and her body was being donated to science) and her brother (who had cancer), after they died, so she could finally see them at peace -- out of their pain and suffering and misery.
Yet my mom didn't want an open casket because she didn't want people looking at her after she died. I was going to go along with that request. However, when my mom passed away (after a third stroke had caused dementia and she had been in a nursing home for a couple years), my dad wanted to have an open casket for her. I told him she didn't want that, but he was absolutely insistent, so I agreed to do that for him. And I was actually relieved that I did. It actually allowed me to see her at peace and no longer suffering as she did in the nursing home. The closure she had wanted following her siblings' deaths, I was able to experience, and it helped me a great deal. It's obviously for the family members and friends left behind who need the closure.
2007-10-01 03:19:01 · answer #1 · answered by kaz716 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Hmm.... You don't like death?
None of us do.
I didn't enjoy my brother's viewing either
But sometimes a viewing can wake us up to the fact that life is short. We are all dying. Are we ready?
My brother died in a car accident last month. I should have died with him, the police said. But I didn't. The car rolled 4 times. Smashed beyond belief.
God knew it wasn't my time yet. I've got work to do telling of life in Christ that takes away the fear of death.
I looked death in the face, unafraid, because I knew heaven was what would come next for me.
Contact me if you want to know more about how to be sure it's what comes next for you too
2007-10-01 09:16:51 · answer #2 · answered by Lisa 3 · 3⤊ 0⤋
It is just a tradition built around death. Some cultures burn their dead on piles of sticks, others hide the dead from the rest of the village so that the spirits wont attach themselves to living people.
We all have odd rituals when dealing with the dead, and if we don't practice another ritual, it seems weird and sick to us.
2007-10-01 09:12:49 · answer #3 · answered by ɹɐǝɟsuɐs Blessed Cheese Maker 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
It started way back when we couldnt tell if the people were actually dead or not. You would sit around for a few days waiting to see if the woke up.
Now its used to pay respect to the person
2007-10-01 09:12:59 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
I agree, seems very wrong and kinda sick to me.
But I guess it does give some people closure.
It just depends on the person I guess.
2007-10-01 09:14:15 · answer #5 · answered by ♥Honey Blood Coma♥ 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
It's not a big dead deal, at least not for anyone I know.
2007-10-01 09:12:09 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Maybe it's because a lot of people need to "see to believe".
2007-10-01 10:55:17 · answer #7 · answered by Coop's Wife 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
thay are just checking to make sure thay are dead
2007-10-01 09:13:12 · answer #8 · answered by andrew w 7 · 1⤊ 2⤋