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Are funerals more about honoring the dead or supporting/ respecting the survivors?

Posted - July 24, 2017
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  • 7126
    Supporting the living and honoring the dead. Don't know how you'd quantify the two. Except in extreme cases, like throwing Hitler into the ground. Nobody's honoring him.
      July 24, 2017 7:20 PM MDT
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  • 7938
    I suppose so. My latest batch is trying to quantify it anyway. Maybe there is no real answer or maybe it differs based on the situation. I don't know. Thanks for your response. 
      July 24, 2017 7:36 PM MDT
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  • 22891
    i think its both
      July 25, 2017 3:14 PM MDT
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  • I've been to more funerals than I care to talk about. From what I observed, it was more about supporting the survivors than it was honoring the dead.
      July 26, 2017 12:56 PM MDT
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  • 1326
    Funerals are an ancient ritual to bid farewell to a loved one. 
      July 28, 2017 11:07 PM MDT
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