Why do some people say "They are in a better place" after someone dies?
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ANSWERS: 12
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It's called "whistling past the graveyard"...
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Some say this because the deceased ones suffering has ended. They are now, dead, asleep, unable to feel anymore pain. Perhaps their name is written in God's "Book of Rememberence" and when Christ Jesus calls, they will be resurrected to life on a cleansed earth, which will certainly be a "much better place".
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Wishful thinking and the inability to say "They died"
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To make people feel better, like there's such a place called "heaven".
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They say it as a way of saying they no longer feel the pain life has to offer us all. It really has nothing to do with a religious reason but the lack of living reason. which is in a better place in some respects.
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We all dream of a day when pain and suffering will end--so we are lead to believe that when we pass to the next life it will be better. Thing is life is great where ever you are--if you live right. Suffering indicates you are alive and something good is on the way.
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Because to some, any place is better than here.
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You father just died, do you really want to hear "His body is in the ground, where it will decompose and rot slowly through the years"?
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"They are in a better place" is a euphemism used to mollify or soften the abruptness and finality of a death.
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Because they assume the loved one will go to Heaven. If that's the case then they've gone to a much better place. Because they don't believe in an afterlife and ina sense the coffin is a much better place because they are beyond earthly concerns: no rent, bills, hassles, fears, needs, pains etc. They are at peace. Because it is they polite and acceptable thing to say when there is absolutely nothing you can say but feel you have to. Bliss
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It makes everyone feel better.
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people become less scared about death.
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