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by kelnos 48 days ago
Well, sure. All of our death rituals are for the living left behind, not for the dead.
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The religiously faithful would disagree somewhat, but not I.

I wonder, however, why such Christians (for example) think a prayer for the soul of the deceased would alter God's plan in any way. "Gee," he says to Michael, who happens to be flying nearby, "John Doe was a dirtbag sinner, but that was a really nice funeral mass... Screw what I said in Scripture; let him in!"