In Islamic faith, parents will be reunited with their miscarried children in the afterlife; a stillborn or miscarried child will wait at the gates of Paradise for its parents, eventually pulling them in. Allah will ensure its parents' entry into Paradise and reunion with the child if they exhibited patience in their grief.
I don't know if it means literal reunion in paradise or used as a metaphor for emotional attainment of peace which feels like being in a paradise with your loved ones. |
That's really sad. |
Not really. Doctors see it all, not just the “miracles” but the tragedies too. At some point, when you see enough, you conclude that either God doesn’t exist, or if God does exist, he’s not worth the bother. |
No, it's not nearly as bad as it looks at first glance. In some parts of the country, especially 10+ years ago, there was cultural pressure to say you were religious. The 50% figure was likely a gross exaggeration back in 2014, and will certainly be far smaller today given that the major of non-elderly people are are openly nonreligious. Don't worry, your doctors probably aren't in any cults. |
And your doctors should be up on all the latest science, which is what you want in a doctor |
The majority of non-elderly people may not be religious, but most of them are not talking openly about it. They tend to be respectful of religious people IRL, which is more than you can say about the way religious people treat people who are openly non-believing. e.g., it's OK to speculate about what happens to unborn babies from a religious point of view, but is considered rude to say that they just die like everyone else. |
It depends on the context, but it is basically like telling an 8 year old there's no Santa. At that age they probably know better, but are trying to delude themselves. |
No it is not "sad" Science is a thing idiot |
+1 |
There are no unborn babies.
Even if there were Republicans want them dead. Anyone bringing a child into the US now is insane and a horrible human. |
- “There are no unborn babies.” Can you explain what you mean by this statement? -“Republicans want unborn babies dead, but there are no unborn babies.” Can you explain this statement? “Anyone bringing a child into the US is insane and horrible.” So you think people who have kids not only are crazy, but bad people? |
I believe we’ll see the people and pets we want to see in the afterlife. I don’t believe death is the end. I’d have ended this shit show twenty years ago if I didn’t have hope for something better. I also hope that we won’t have to see the people we don’t want to see as well. I am not sure if heaven/hell is a place or just a state of mind. We can be at home with people we love and feel like heaven and we can be at home with people we hate and feel like we’re in hell. |
DP, but on the last point, yes. It is incredibly reckless and selfish to bring kids into this world- particularly into the US. There's no reason to believe things will get better. In particular, just think what could happen if you had a girl. Horrifying. |
So pets have souls now too? Which ones? Just cats and dogs, or do the birds, lizards, fish, pigs, horses, snakes, and all other variety of animals that people now claim as pets also qualify? And if birds and pigs count, does that mean we have to stop eating turkey for Thanksgiving or no more bacon on my hamburgers? |