“Praying for the dead is a waste of time”.
For kicks and grins... then why do we have Christian funerals? Why would a minister preside over one and say prayers? Is it only for the living or what? (I seriously don’t know the answer since I’m Catholic. We do say prayers for the deceased but I didn’t know other Christian religions found this odd)
We're not very strong in some matters and especially after many years ... 'letting go' is a difficult thing.
I loved my first wife, but her heart was stopped by cancer and because she was 'born again', ...
went home.
I'll see her again.
I don't visit her grave.
Funerals are not for the dead, they are for the living. A reminder that we too will soon depart this earth and the time that we have to get right with God is deminishing. It is also a time to strengthen family ties, to be comforted in our loss.