(April 12, 2012 at 5:50 pm)ChadWooters Wrote:(April 12, 2012 at 5:38 pm)SophiaGrace Wrote: I understand that people might make this up to comfort themselves, because they miss the people who've passed on but it makes no logical sense otherwise.While I understand this sentiment from a non-theistic perspective, I'd be more concerned about comforting the family within their own Christian frame of reference. What I mean is this. Even if you think their beliefs are utter nonsense, it's not a teachable moment.
I wouldn't use it as a teachable moment.
Why would you be more concerned about comforting in their own frame of reference?
I don't think i could do this. This would require thinking like they do and speaking within the language of their belief system, which, i...don't believe in.