Today, after our grandmother's memorial service, my 9-year-old sister took it upon herself to solemnly inform the priest in front of everyone in attendance that, "You lied. Jesus isn't here." FML
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bri_sci94 10
My immediate family isn't religious, but my grandparents were. My sister was not harshly reprimanded or anything of the sort as she has not been exposed to religion and doesn't understand it at this point in her life. Thank you for all of your kind comments; I wasn't close with my grandmother but it's still a heartbreaking event.
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GrinchFu1 27
Somebody better do something quick! The brainwashing isn't working... This one might actually be a freethinker. Can't have that!
barfcannon 24
What is so wrong about being religious? I'm honestly stunned and appalled at the lack of open mindedness on here. It's exactly what atheists accuse "bible thumpers" of always doing. I'm agnostic at the moment, but only because I'm trying to learn as much as I can about religion before I choose my own beliefs. Death and grieving can be very spiritual. Since OP's grandma was religious, I would expect that everyone would respect that. Especially at her funeral.
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Comments (111)
HumanWiki 8
Good for her. At least someone in that room has a functioning brain.
RedPillSucks 33
Well, she's right. You did lie. Next time, try speaking the truth to her about where you're going. If you want to explain that Jesus is there is spirit, that's fine, but you need to explain what that means. If your family is not religious then don't use a religious icon as an explanation. Simply indicate that you're going to pay respect to your grandmother in her final moment of peace.
SasquatchJHawk 7
She's not wrong
catwho 18
I see a kid who is grieving thinking she was helping. I'm sorry for your loss OP and hope the healing can start.
worldclassrager 41
Spiritual form not humanly form...
SolarFlare 20
It's just her age, don't be mad. But FYL for losing your grandmother i hope she had a good Life.
DJisHere11 19
Kids say the darnedest things.
csi_fml 19
She is right you know
who10nanny 8
I would have laughed out loud, then I would've felt a little bad about laughing at a funeral, but lying to your kids is bad parenting. So let's not fill their heads with magical "omnipotent" beings who conjure up wishes for people if they believe some magician zombie saved them.