We've all heard
people talk about that family at the restaurant who were all on their phones during their meal.
I think
people talk about families on their death bed because it is what they leave behind (and cared about).
Like Kerry, I think that our relationships / family are the vehicle in which love is shown and given in life and I'm not surprised by the fact that most
people talk about family on the deathbed.
When
people talk about their families, it means they talk about their families.
Not exact matches
They'll definitely
talk about it through their social accounts and, more importantly, they'll
talk about it in
person with their friends,
family, colleagues, and anyone else who will listen.
Facebook loves to
talk about how its Facebook Live video feature connects
people and allows them to share joyful or important moments from their lives with friends and
family.
«Some
people have
talked about marriage as a luxury good,» said Susan Brown, a sociology professor at Bowling Green State University and co-director of the National Center for
Family and Marriage Research.
Completely twist it: By
talking about their families... ACTUALLY THEY ARE TALKING ABOUT angry jealous space gods, who actually are love, except when they are drowning people for ignoring them, or turning people into pillars of
talking about their families... ACTUALLY THEY ARE TALKING ABOUT angry jealous space gods, who actually are love, except when they are drowning people for ignoring them, or turning people into pillars of sa
about their
families... ACTUALLY THEY ARE
TALKING ABOUT angry jealous space gods, who actually are love, except when they are drowning people for ignoring them, or turning people into pillars of
TALKING ABOUT angry jealous space gods, who actually are love, except when they are drowning people for ignoring them, or turning people into pillars of sa
ABOUT angry jealous space gods, who actually are love, except when they are drowning
people for ignoring them, or turning
people into pillars of salt...
''
People talk to the chaplain
about their
families because that is how we
talk about God.
It's normal that
people will
talk about their
family and want to be with them, but it is more important to put yourself in His hands and ask for forgiveness.
Yes,
talk mostly
about family and love and life, but don't withhold elements of that
persons faith that they deserve in settling their existential angst.
To Kerry Egen:»... is that
people talk to the chaplain
about their
families because that is how we
talk about God.
So if
people really do
talk about their
families and relationships to a stranger, that's what they are doing.
If the
person wants to
talk about Family, Love, and missed opportunity, should the
person sitting there to comfort them «force» them to
talk about Religion?
They
talk about their
families because that is what really matters in a
person's life... that is thier true legacy and their only real immortality... most
people, I am fairly sure, know deep down that god is a fairy tale, a cushion, and that death is truly the end... what this very excellent young woman heard from these dying
people makes perfect sense... death is a time to end the bs and look at and reflect upon what was real and important in that individual's life
If I were lying in a bed dying, my
family would be the thing I want to
talk about, to make sure that I can make a stranger understand my love for them and hopefully keep them alive in one more
person.
''... is that
people talk to the chaplain
about their
families because that is how we
talk about God.
It was heartening to learn that in the end, that most
people chose to
talk about what was was truly important to them...
family, rather than wasting the last minutes of their lives discussing the comforting fantasies, but fantasies nonetheless, of god, jesus, heaven, etc..
I was interested in this article until I read this:»...
people talk to the chaplain
about their
families because that is how we
talk about God.»
If on my deathbed I want to
talk about my
family and some chaplain starts preaching at me the way some
people have preached at me for years, I will request that
person be removed from the room.
VVVVVVVVV «
people talk to the chaplain
about their
families because that is how we
talk about God.»
The essence is
people do not
talk about God, or passing into the next life, but equate the sum of thier lives with respect to love, and
family.
Honestly, who cares
about talking about family when the
person might end up in hell?
I wouldn't criticize a
person for
talking about family.
Its good to
talk about the
family, Somehow the first goal of any chaplain is to try to lead the dying
person (If he / she is willing) to face the eternity with confidence.
I like this para the most: «
people talk to the chaplain
about their
families because that is how we
talk about God.
Why do
people want to
talk about their
family instead of God when they die?
It is a shame the chaplain needed to add the unnecessary religious interpretation and spin, saying that
people who
talk about family are
talking about a god.
Of course at the end of life
people want to
talk about their
families.
If they want to
talk about family,
about their happy memories,
about their painful memories, or
about who will win the superbowl, I hope that
person will listen and speak with them.
I think this article does a great job exposing us to the truth of the chaplain's real experience, which is that when
people have a last opportunity to
talk about what is most important, they don't
talk much
about their religion, they
talk about their
families.
If the
person wants to
talk about family and expressions of love, then the chaplain should have the love and compassion to listen.
The thing that pre-occupied me most was my wife and children, so I believe that most
people on their death beds would like to
talk about their
families to assurance that they will be o.
People talk about life,
family, love... They don't
talk about God because, it has nothing to do with God.
of course
people will
talk about their
families... these are the roots... our ancestors grappling with the same things we do now going back millions of years.
First of all, the professor shouldn't criticize a
person for
talking about family with one who is dying.
Very true,
people talk about their God, when they are in serious pain, otherwise they
talk about their
family.
If the dying
person wants to
talk to a chaplain and seems to want to
talk about a particular subject, such as his
family, why should the chaplain attempt to force him to discuss something else?
I don't think that
people were intentionally or unintentionally
talking about god when they were near death and
talking about their
families.
my point was a different one: if the findings show that
people tend to
talk about their
family before they die, then the
people who are part of God's
family (and thus have two
families) would definitely be inclined to
talk about BOTH of their
families, especially as they are
about to meet their Heavenly Father who is... GOD!
What I did not understand when I was a student then, and what I would explain to that professor now, is that
people talk to the chaplain
about their
families because that is how we
talk about God.
Dying
people have already heard
about God and have made their peace with Him one way or the other - this is why they are free to
talk about love and their
families.
``... very strong politically correct and left - wing revisionist history attitude or tone that's also Anti-American (especially a vague charge against «U.S. foreign policy»), and strong anti-capitalist elements... blasphemy, implied urinating, vomiting, scatological humor, and comments on breast feeding and sexual parts of
people's bodies; light brief violence includes beating on car window and trying to damage car, man comically shoves
people off a stage, man burns books; sexual content includes homosexual references, implied adultery with a pregnancy out of wedlock,
talk about a priest raping boy in the past, a giant condom balloon placed on church steeple, references to real condoms, implied fornication; upper male nudity, man wears a dress; alcohol use and drunkenness; smoking and marijuana use depicted, including eating marijuana brownies; and, strong miscellaneous immorality includes lying, stealing, revenge, rebellion, dysfunctional
family portrayed, father is a pothead and a drinker and lives in a trailer»
The same goes for meeting with
people for breakfast or lunch or having a
family over for dinner to
talk about spiritual things.
In conversations with friends and
family, I've noticed more and more
people talking about their pastors or priests as if they could do no wrong, as if they speak for God Himself.
According to the 2013 Conversation Project National Survey, 90 percent of
people said that
talking with their
families or loved ones
about end - of - life care is important, yet only 27 percent have had the conversation.
Your
people knock on my door when I'm trying to enjoy time with my
family and they just want to
talk about God and your Bible.
«I was brushing up against what happens when you think you're
talking about one thing, but for a number of
people, you're unsettling an entire framework that has political, economic, social [and]
family [implications].»
«We want
people to just really try and find their confidence to start
talking to their partner or their friends or their
family about it.»
Unfortunately, when there is
talk of reducing population growth by public policies, many
people immediately envision serious infringements on the freedom of
families to make decisions
about the number of children they shall have.