@Brian37, what's this cross thing, I see people who are not Christians wearing crosses all the time, crosses are not exclusive to Christians, however when someone wears a hat or tee-shirt to an event that says whatever on it, they are trying to draw attention to themselves,as I said before grow up. I support your right to express your way to mourn in public as long as you do not make an issue of what you believe or do not believe. I'm not saying you can't express yourself in the way you do or do not believe, I'm saying not to make what you believe the issue, when the real issue is those that are mourning.
Everyone has a right to mourn in their own way and belief and no one has a right to tell another they do not, this I believe with a true conviction, so do not come back at me again saying, I do not respect the way others mourn. What I do not know is how you can handle a situation like the death of a loved one without God, but that's me and because of the way I believe, and I'm sure you do not understand why I need to rely on God, but that's you and the way you believe, I'm not asking you to understand.
I'm not sure why you given a history of the death of your loved ones, I too have lost many people I love, family and friends, and none were easy. I do sympathize with you in the circumstances of your losses, none of this is easy for anyone.
Have you ever considered that most people even if they do not believe in God have a preacher at a loved ones funeral, I've been to funerals where I know the one who died was not a Christian and the pastor knew as well, do you think the pastor is comfortable doing a funeral like that. I can tell you it's not, yet they do the funeral anyway, they do it out of compassion for the ones left behind. They try and bring some type of comfort to the grieving, even though they are uncomfortable doing the funeral. These pastors say nothing about the deceased going to hell, even though they believe that to be the truth, they do not use the service to make a political statement, they bring with them the compassion the loved ones need.
Everyone has a right to mourn in their own way and belief and no one has a right to tell another they do not, this I believe with a true conviction, so do not come back at me again saying, I do not respect the way others mourn. What I do not know is how you can handle a situation like the death of a loved one without God, but that's me and because of the way I believe, and I'm sure you do not understand why I need to rely on God, but that's you and the way you believe, I'm not asking you to understand.
I'm not sure why you given a history of the death of your loved ones, I too have lost many people I love, family and friends, and none were easy. I do sympathize with you in the circumstances of your losses, none of this is easy for anyone.
Have you ever considered that most people even if they do not believe in God have a preacher at a loved ones funeral, I've been to funerals where I know the one who died was not a Christian and the pastor knew as well, do you think the pastor is comfortable doing a funeral like that. I can tell you it's not, yet they do the funeral anyway, they do it out of compassion for the ones left behind. They try and bring some type of comfort to the grieving, even though they are uncomfortable doing the funeral. These pastors say nothing about the deceased going to hell, even though they believe that to be the truth, they do not use the service to make a political statement, they bring with them the compassion the loved ones need.
God loves those who believe and those who do not and the same goes for me, you have no choice in this matter. That puts the matter of total free will to rest.
