I think it is a way of comforting themselves after the loss of a loved one. To allow your mind to envision your mom, dad, whoever suffering in hell would be so terrible that you could not function in life.
Of course it is.
To allow your mind to envision your mom, dad, whoever suffering in hell would be so terrible that you could not function in life.
So the question is this: Are you a Christian? If so do you really believe what Scripture teaches about final judgment?
Or they are totally material/atheist and think that she is nowhere other than the ground.