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Rest in Peace meaning
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Rest in Peace meaning
September 23, 2013 at 10:59 am
When someone dies, people usually say "Rest in Peace" but what does it really mean?
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RE: Rest in Peace meaning
September 23, 2013 at 11:11 am
That their struggles in life are no longer an issue.
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September 23, 2013 at 11:46 am
It also conveys the fact that you are thinking about them.
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RE: Rest in Peace meaning
September 23, 2013 at 1:45 pm
I don't care, "Rest in Pieces" is always funny.
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RE: Rest in Peace meaning
September 23, 2013 at 2:13 pm
It means they think they are "resting" and not fucking dead.
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RE: Rest in Peace meaning
September 23, 2013 at 2:23 pm
(September 23, 2013 at 2:13 pm)Minimalist Wrote: It means they think they are "resting" and not fucking dead.

It does sound odd, but 'rot into pieces' is a little too callous. The bereaved often aren't looking for science lessons on decomposition at a funeral.
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RE: Rest in Peace meaning
September 23, 2013 at 2:33 pm
RIP in peace.

It means that no matter what: you do not want them to get back up.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BjMiDZIY1bM

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RE: Rest in Peace meaning
October 2, 2013 at 10:37 am
(September 23, 2013 at 10:59 am)wwjs Wrote: When someone dies, people usually say "Rest in Peace" but what does it really mean?

It's from the Catholic latin mass. Believed to have been appropriated from a Biblical verse in Isaiah which roughly translates as,

' ...when he is tired of the evil that surrounds him he will come and rest in peace.'

This is found on Hebrew headstones from 1 century BC.

Catholics stole it, chopped the long bit off the front, everyone now uses it.


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RE: Rest in Peace meaning
October 2, 2013 at 3:29 pm
Thanks MM [Image: 255o0f6.jpg]
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