Tellier was “a shining light every day he graced the halls of Morgan Academy,” school headmaster Bryan Oliver said on Facebook. “He was a student, a friend, an athlete and most important a Christ follower.
Ugh. Really got your priorities in order there, Mr. Oliver
I’ve been to the funeral of a 22 year old from a family of true believer born again Christians. It was bizarre. I was the saddest person there and we were only sort of friends. The rest of them honestly believed that he was chilling with Jesus and it would be silly to be sad.
Since then, I’ve noticed that people emphasize the religiosity of the dead when they are trying to reduce their feelings of guilt.
When my Dad died young, 60 or so, the so many “sympathy cards” that we had to read after the funeral emphasized this. I was at such a low point - we were very close and his death was an absolute nightmare - yet it was as if they were comforting themselves by letting me know he was with Jesus now.
And it just made the entire situation somehow worse and more demented.
