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Originally Posted by Resolute 14
And yet, it's still an improvement.
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Well, that is a matter of personal opinion, even though I think it is coarse and uninformed.
There is nothing like the simple ritual and calm of a Catholic or Anglican service. It allows people to grieve, but also take refuge in the solace of shared prayer and scripture.
More importantly, these beliefs were spoken in the common language, and were believed in by almost everyone. It gave the collective the opportunity to see what death really was (ashes to ashes, and dust to dust), and move on together.
It really helped our societies avoid the absolutely totalitarian outbursts of grief that followed the death of Princess Diana or the false canonization of mediocre personalities as in Carrie Fisher.
I mean, whatever floats your boat.