muddy said:

"You see religious people aren't bothered by it as much as people who hold no beliefs in the afterlife"

Ummm, sorry but that is complete, utter and absolute shite. That assumption must be based on the idea that because you have a religion, your loved one will automatically go to your heaven, nirvana, etc etc. That belief typically believes in punishment for those who don't pass the test for whatever afterlife insurance plan they banked on, call it hell - whatever spooks you the most. Those of us who have evolved past fairy tales don't have this concern. Dealing with the death of a loved one is no harder for an agnostic or atheist person than a religious person. In fact given that we have no "hell" to be concerned about, I would say we deal with death pretty well.

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