(March 26, 2017 at 2:00 pm)Kosh Wrote: I'm just speaking from personal experience with people in my family (simple Midwesterners). I don't claim this is happening to all older people, but it would be an interesting case study. I work in a hospital. I do IT work now, but I was in direct patient care for a few years and seen many older dying patients visited by the clergy. I've had families tell me that mom or dad hasn't been to church for years, but this is probably a good time for communion.
It does in fact seem counter intuitive to me. The older I get and the more I see what religion and faith has done to the world, the more against it I've become. I've told my parents that I'm an atheist. I really don't think they knew what to say.
It's a behaviour encouraged by the clergy, even moreso if there's money involved. You'll often see a priest hanging over a dying person like a vulture, when they'd never come near them in health.
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