Reply #11: You give the proselytizer too much credit.

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That person saw an opportunity and used it.

By the way, I have always been slightly comforted by the departed's escape from suffering. I was irritated when a relative that I love very much and various nurses told me my 51-yr.-old Dad went to "a better place."

There is no way to escape the pain that losing a loved one causes. The only real comfort anyone can offer is understanding and a shoulder to cry on. Those who offer false consolation are false friends.

The OP had every right to be offended by the unwanted religious insistence. He probably handled it more gracefully than I would have. I wish people here would stop making excuses for this kind of unconscionable behavior.