Claims: in death rituals

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15 Aug 2018
Honoring the wishes of the deceased helps the community feel good and come to terms with mortality.

Yeah, it makes the people honoring the wish feel better, and I think there's a value to that. I respect that position. I don't think it's anything mysterious or ghostly. It's just about all of us feeling good as a community. You like to imagine that your wishes will be followed when you're dead. Whatever. Some people have feelings about it. Just because you don't doesn't mean that other people don't. No, I know. That's what I'm saying. I respect that position. I'm not going to try and tear it down. I'm just going to say, fuck it. Plus, it also helps the community come to terms with mortality better because it's like, one day I will be in the position of this corpse. And so treating it with respect and honoring the living person who used to be in that body with respect, I think there's value to it.