• Alaknár@sopuli.xyz
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    15 hours ago

    I can’t speak for all religions, but in Christianity suicide is a grave sin, so doing that guarantees eternal damnation.

    The other bit, people not being happy about a loved one passing, is not really an issue too - it’s just the “logic of faith” vs “emotions of loss”. Even if we knew for a fact that once you die you get reincarnated into a Happy Bunny, people would still grieve, because that’s how our brain chemistry works.

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      13 hours ago

      Things explainable with doctrine are explained with doctrine. Things that defy doctrinal explanation are biological or “just because.”

      Don’t worry, Chief, I don’t even expect logic from religion, so don’t try.

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        7 hours ago

        I have no clue what you mean. Other than stating that suicide is a grave sin, I never touched doctrine or “religion logic”. What are you talking about?

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          3 hours ago

          You touched doctrinal explanation when you explained how religious people still grieve for a lost one when their entire religion is about how the afterlife is real.

          It does not make sense if you think in the logic of the religion. But we are used to religions not being logical.

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            2 hours ago

            Maybe you need to read what I wrote again…?

            My doctrinal explanation was about suicide being a sin, which is the reason for people of faith not offing themselves left and right. This has nothing to do with how a person handles grief because it’s a different topic.

            In terms of grief, I explained that however people may understand the logic of the doctrine, their physical bodies still react to the chemical signals received, and therefore grief is still present.

            I’m baffled at your take that this is somehow a “doctrinal explanation”, mate. It’s literally the opposite, I’m talking about biology here.