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iainment
iainment Posts: 8,039
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As an atheist RIP means little to me.
I find myself responding to RIP threads with my feelings but as I believe once you’re gone that’s it, so no sympathy for the dead but empathy, I hope, for those close to the deceased.

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  • Garrymanilow
    Garrymanilow Posts: 13,169
    Righto
  • Talal
    Talal Posts: 11,487
    Thread of the year contender. 
  • carly burn
    carly burn Posts: 19,459
    Bet you're fun at a funeral.
  • Callumcafc
    Callumcafc Posts: 63,764

  • ROTW
    ROTW Posts: 642
    someone’s been on the holy water
  • paulie8290
    paulie8290 Posts: 23,344

  • ForeverAddickted
    ForeverAddickted Posts: 94,318
    Did you hear the fella who invented velcrow has died
  • Callumcafc
    Callumcafc Posts: 63,764
    ForeverAddickted said:
    Did you hear the fella who invented velcrow has died

    RIP
  • iainment
    iainment Posts: 8,039
    carly burn said:
    Bet you're fun at a funeral.
    What does that actually mean? I’ve been at funerals that have been celebratory and those that have been contemplative. At all I have behaved appropriately. I have never tried to be “fun”. I have though tried to be supportive of the bereaved.
  • Henry Irving
    Henry Irving Posts: 85,222
    My dad, who was an atheist as am I, said it stood for Return If Possible.  

    I prefer the Jewish greetings at funerals of Long Life and May their memory be a blessing but each to their own.

    RIP is a neat shorthand and I'm happy to use it.
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  • MrOneLung
    MrOneLung Posts: 26,853
    Surely it is an atheist type of saying ‘ rest in piece’. As opposed to ‘live it up in heaven’ 
  • T_C_E
    T_C_E Posts: 16,420
    Rest in Peace, as free from any pain or suffering is my interpretation and has no religious connotations when I use it. 
  • Six-a-bag-of-nuts
    Six-a-bag-of-nuts Posts: 8,127
    T_C_E said:
    Rest in Peace, as free from any pain or suffering is my interpretation and has no religious connotations when I use it. 
    Exactly as I understand it
  • cafctom
    cafctom Posts: 11,370
    Happy Friday everyone.
  • CH4RLTON
    CH4RLTON Posts: 2,618
    Six-a-bag-of-nuts said:
    T_C_E said:
    Rest in Peace, as free from any pain or suffering is my interpretation and has no religious connotations when I use it. 
    Exactly as I understand it
    And me! 
  • JaShea99
    JaShea99 Posts: 5,458
    MrOneLung said:
    Surely it is an atheist type of saying ‘ rest in piece’. As opposed to ‘live it up in heaven’ 
    Piece?
  • T_C_E
    T_C_E Posts: 16,420
    Six-a-bag-of-nuts said:
    T_C_E said:
    Rest in Peace, as free from any pain or suffering is my interpretation and has no religious connotations when I use it. 
    Exactly as I understand it
    CH4RLTON said:
    Six-a-bag-of-nuts said:
    T_C_E said:
    Rest in Peace, as free from any pain or suffering is my interpretation and has no religious connotations when I use it. 
    Exactly as I understand it
    And me! 
    “Bless you my children” 🙏
  • iainment
    iainment Posts: 8,039
    Henry Irving said:
    My dad, who was an atheist as am I, said it stood for Return If Possible.  

    I prefer the Jewish greetings at funerals of Long Life and May their memory be a blessing but each to their own.

    RIP is a neat shorthand and I'm happy to use it.
    I like May their memory be a blessing.
  • Bedsaddick
    Bedsaddick Posts: 24,739
    I’m not sure what RIP has to do with religion. Weird post 
  • Off_it
    Off_it Posts: 28,847
    iainment said:
    As an atheist RIP means little to me.
    I find myself responding to RIP threads with my feelings but as I believe once you’re gone that’s it, so no sympathy for the dead but empathy, I hope, for those close to the deceased.
    Thanks for sharing that.

    Do you buy/receive Christmas presents? Or have you ever eaten an Easter Egg?

    I ask because although some things may have their origins in religion - and may still be seen as wholly religious by many - for others there are no religious connotations at all. 

    I don't consider myself religious at all, but I still buy my kids presents at Christmas time because for me it is a family occasion and tradition rather than a religious homage.


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  • MrOneLung
    MrOneLung Posts: 26,853
    JaShea99 said:
    MrOneLung said:
    Surely it is an atheist type of saying ‘ rest in piece’. As opposed to ‘live it up in heaven’ 
    Piece?
    Not sure what happened there !

  • Alwaysneil
    Alwaysneil Posts: 13,806
    Rest in peace (RIP) is in no way a religious expression.

    I don’t personally use it as it seems a bit short of me expressing my feelings. 

    If it’s someone I know or care about, I’ll say why, for me, their death matters. If I don’t know them personally or, to use an example, the death of David Bowie, which I did care about, then I will not comment,

    Each to their own. 

    An RIP is a mark of respect no matter how strong. To suggest it is religious was a mistake  I think from @iainment, but I do agree that it can be overused which I think was what he was trying to say.

    Funny old world.
  • LennyLowrent
    LennyLowrent Posts: 2,705
    Henry Irving said:
    My dad, who was an atheist as am I, said it stood for Return If Possible.  

    I prefer the Jewish greetings at funerals of Long Life and May their memory be a blessing but each to their own.

    RIP is a neat shorthand and I'm happy to use it.
    Yes.... but actually, us Jews are much more clerical than individual or spiritual.
    The use the word 'died' is not tidy enough and shock horror may imply shared destiny with the rest of humanity let alone the living world.
    We use the Hebrew word 'Niftar' meaning: 'exempted', been 'let off'...
    The idea is that now the lucky sod is no longer required  to perform the deeds that makes him a good Jew (all 513 of them so it's a bit of a score...) and could be filed away properly 

    So the rest of you lot are all going to die !!!

    I'm getting a note from the Rabi

  • soapy_jones
    soapy_jones Posts: 21,353
    edited May 2020
    Great point iaintment i will take it on  board, God bless you.
  • guinnessaddick
    guinnessaddick Posts: 28,625
    edited May 2020
    JaShea99 said:
    MrOneLung said:
    Surely it is an atheist type of saying ‘ rest in piece’. As opposed to ‘live it up in heaven’ 
    Piece?
    Only applies if you have been hung, drawn & quartered.

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