I think the whole thing is rather asinine, using God as a way to cope with death. I understand it as a way to ease the pain that some people may feel, especially a child, when a person dies of natural causes. However...that's where it ends for me. How the hell do you describe to a child why "God" has allowed someone so important to them to die in a horrific act, such as a murder or being blown up over-seas, or even suicide. That just opens up a can of worms in a traumatized mind.

'Okay, so it was a bad mans fault, but why wasn't God watching over him? Why did God let him suffer so much pain? Doesn't God want us to be happy? Why did He take him away from me when I still need him in my life? Why did she kill herself? Why didn't God help her see that she was still important to us? Why does God allow people to die in painful ways?

Why?'


/rant