It is as if we are Condescending to the dead
When you are dead, you are dead and cannot experience any emotions etc -so Rest In Peace WTF
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It is as if we are Condescending to the dead
When you are dead, you are dead and cannot experience any emotions etc -so Rest In Peace WTF
Its too late to say Bye...so its the next best option.
Their suffering is over. They are at peace.
Wiv nanna and the angles, as they say in Liverpool. :D
Requiescat in Pace.
This probably goes back to the days when most people believed in spirits and souls (as many indeed still do)
The spirit of the dead person is being exorted to remain at rest and to be at peace in the next world and also not to remain in this world.
A formulaic statement for the comfort of the living and expected to be uttered at certain times.