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Is Grieving Good for You? | Michael Cholbi

Brain in a Vat

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Do Religious People Grieve Irrational?

David Perry: We form desires in loving relationships to have our identities reflected in the other person's identities and their understanding of us. And that maybe can only be true right once I'm dead, he says. But if it's so much true that an individual upon his death goes to heaven, let's think of heaven as a club med but 10 times more fun and meaningful. If you are upset that your spouse is having a wonderful life in club med, 10 times happier than she is now and 10 times more meaningful. He claims we cannot make sense of the grief for two reasons one, what is their degree she's doing fantastic. The religious view of grief simply can't handle this sort

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