Monday, August 14, 2006

Hellfire, Damnation and "They're in a better place now."

Just once I would like to hear a pastor, priest, friend of the deceased.. whatever... say "Well they're in hell now, just like we knew they would be."

Obviously (I hope it's obvious) I don't want to hurt the loved ones of those dearly and not so dearly departed... but some truth would be nice.

People talk all the time about hell, and not going to hell and being a good person etc... but when those same people talk to someone who just lost a loved one it's always "They're in a better place now." How the hell do they know? One would think that with the way they were talking everyone was going to hell (when more than likely they have the most chance of getting there.) Hypocrites! My favorite...

Really though, let's say some one who was frankly a pretty terrible person died, what do you say to the ones they left behind? Then what do you say and not be lying?

"They got what they deserved" sounds a bit harsh.. as does "They got what's coming to them."

Hmm you could say something like "I'm sure their afterlife will reflect all they did here on earth." That doesn't sound too bad does it?

I love when you talk and say absolutely nothing. That is this kind of situation. You need to say something, without saying anything.

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