I Haven’t Seen Him Since
At my dad’s funeral, one of my cousins said something that I thought was incredibly insensitive. At the time, my cousin was late teens/early 20s, had recently “come out” as an atheist and libertarian, and I had a hard time being around him for more than a few minutes.
We left the church, where the funeral service was held, and went to the luncheon-type thing after.
I heard it through the grapevine that my cousin was going around telling people that “passing doesn’t matter. Heaven and the underworld aren’t real. You’re mourning for nothing. It’s showing weakness.”
I’m an atheist. I don’t care about people’s beliefs, as long as those beliefs aren’t harming others, and I certainly don’t think it’s appropriate to express any of my beliefs to anyone who does not ask.
Almost my entire family is Christian, and they believe in Heaven. My cousin was a giant tool that day, almost four years ago, and I haven’t seen him since. I don’t really want to. He was rude, inconsiderate, and he pushed his beliefs on people who didn’t ask, which is something he claimed he was against.
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