Reply #223: Sometimes I am [View All]

No apologies.

There are HUNDREDS of crosses on the highway between Phoenix and Las Vegas. That isn't a couple of seconds. It lasts for hours.

Driving out of the driveway a few times a day and being assaulted by a "memorial" each and every time adds up. It isn't a "couple of seconds".

When my dad died (a minister), I made him a floral cross (with live flowers) for the funeral. Nothing personal against crosses, per se, when appropriate.

I'm asking now. Please honor your departed loved ones in some other way.
And, if I lose my life on a public roadway, DO NOT erect any mementos.

Can't help thinking part of this debate is rooted in the Western misunderstandings of death. It is a transition. That's all. When people talk about "us" (the "living") being the lucky ones, we survived, etc., I have to wonder. Who is to say that WE are the "lucky" ones? There is no proof whatsoever that living on planet earth in a flesh state is "better than" moving on in the spiritual world. Or just going away, as some atheists believe. I'm not an actual atheist. I do believe in spirit. I believe in honoring the departed by allowing them to fully experience their transition. Not by trying to hang onto them and keep them "alive" on this plane.

Even the pyramids and tombs of the ancient Egyptian rulers have in mind to aid the departed on their new path. Of course the pyramids were built way before the "cross" . . .