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Why people say RIP (Rest in Peace) for anyone who has died? They have died and are not sentient anymore of any peace or disturbance.

rsabbatini 7 July 30
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I suppose may also (later) have had something to do with the days of the resurrection men, digging up the recently deceased and selling them on.

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Quickly sounds ok, but I will probably go screaming into the long night!

arnies Level 7 July 31, 2018

Rage against the dying of the light!

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Love that letter to the editor!

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It's Biblical in origin, as in 'they rest from their labors' or 'find rest in their death.' But when one believes in a soul which, depending on the life lived, manner in which the individual died, and any number of things that might cause torment, the term is meant as a request or plea.

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