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Atheists & Agnostics

sarisataka

(20,992 posts) Sat Apr 29, 2017, 11:16 AM Apr 2017

How does one console [View all]

an Atheist on the passing of a loved one?

With people of faith it is obviously that death is transcendental to another existence but I am not sure if/how that applies to someone who believes life is only here and now.

Help, please?

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How does one console [View all] sarisataka Apr 2017 OP

Saying you are sorry for their loss will do the trick. PoindexterOglethorpe Apr 2017 #1

right on the money rurallib Apr 2017 #3

I would expect any person to feel loss sarisataka Apr 2017 #9

Thank you sarisataka Apr 2017 #5

Honestly, a simple statement that you're sorry for their PoindexterOglethorpe Apr 2017 #10

I am sorry for your loss sarisataka Apr 2017 #12

Thank you. PoindexterOglethorpe Apr 2017 #14

I don't know about all Faux pas Apr 2017 #2

Thank you sarisataka Apr 2017 #6

For me it is the question erinlough Apr 2017 #4

Thank you sarisataka Apr 2017 #7

Yes, the best. elleng Apr 2017 #13

In addition to the above suggestions, progressoid Apr 2017 #8

Thank you sarisataka Apr 2017 #11

A reminder that with time the grief will lessen. PassingFair Apr 2017 #15

Thank you sarisataka May 2017 #18

Use science to prove the transidential. Say that the loved ones atoms are now a part applegrove Apr 2017 #16

Thank you sarisataka May 2017 #19

This message was self-deleted by its author Freelancer Apr 2017 #17

My own moral compass sarisataka May 2017 #20

Thanks to all for good, sarisataka May 2017 #21