Thursday, March 17, 2011
pass away
dead, kicked the bucket, expired, passed away . these are all terms for someone who has left this world. i prefer using the term passed away instead of died. perhaps because it somewhat sugarcoats the reality. they passed away. and where did they pass away to? no one living really knows where to exactly . i guess this is another reason i like the ambiguous nature of the phrase passed away. they aren't here anymore, but they passed away to somewhere else.
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It's funny that I happened on this post tonight. I just saw Patch Adams (the movie, in case you're not sure what I'm referring to) last night and in one of the scenes, Patch (Robin Williams) attempts to befriend one of the patients by reading the thesaurus' entry for death (weird, eh?).
As well, I just scolded a kid the other day for saying died instead of passed away. Weird coincidence. Obviously If I scolded the kid I totally agree with what you said about passing away being an excellent euphemism for died. :)
Moving on to the point you made, it's interesting that you wrote "no one living really knows where to exactly ." Well, why do you say that? Ok, belief isn't knowledge per se, but if you fully believe in Judaism and can say that I know Judaism is the right religion, then I also know where someone goes when they pass on. Heaven (we hope) or Hell (G-d forbid). No?
oh, i believe in judaism and that there is live of the soul after death, its just that as people its hard to imagine what its like to be there in a non-human state.
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