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Originally Posted by Rose of Cairo  So, why do we cry? Isn't it completely selfish, just because we need or miss them? |
I agree with Jenny. I see nothing wrong with being sad because someone you love is no longer a part of your life. That applies to any form of loss, not only that caused by death.
It's also quite possible that people feel sorrow through empathy for the opportunities the deceased no longer has. *hat tip to dancer*
Rose, I wrote a short story in high school which asked the same questions. I went to a Christian school and had been questioning the religion, and the behaviour of people who followed it. Back then I couldn't understand the sorrow either, particularly when the priest would talk about how the deceased was now with God. It made me suspect hypocrisy. Of course back then I wasn't close to anyone who had died, and was even too young to have lost any really close friends (through moving or changing schools, etc). So I didn't understand the feeling of loss, and how it can override the feelings brought about by less immediate beliefs.