(October 17, 2021 at 2:57 pm)luthermaze Wrote: im looking for a good message board/forum for widows or those of loss. a friend of mine is looking for a support group of some kind and id like to find a secular or less religious one online for her to go to. hard as hell finding anything online fucking spending hours.
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That is a rub for sure. When my late mother made the final choice not to do anything, or in legal terms "DNR" they sent a hospice agent to her nursing home to explain to both her, and me, how things would progress. The hospice agent kept on talking about support for me, but even after I told her I was an atheist, she made the argument "I respect your belief system". "Atheist" merely means "off" on God/god claims. It is not a "system'. Non believers have a variety of reasons they chose "off" as their position.
It was very irritating during my mom's last days, to have that Hospice care lady, and even the staff at the nursing home keep speaking about how she was in a better place. Not being in pain anyone can understand. But what theists mean by that is that your loved one moved on. Ok fine, why is it theists are not happy and thrilled when their loved ones die? If the "afterlife" is so much better, why would anyone be sad?
It would be like being depressed that your loved one won the lottery.
I don't personally know of secular support groups for survivors of death. But I do know all I had after my late mother's death were personal friends and not part of any organized support group.
