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Why grief rituals persist even when beliefs have changed

I keep lighting candles and saying prayers for my brother who died, but I'm not even sure I believe in souls anymore, so I don't know why I keep doing it.

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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

Ritual behavior continues as emotional necessity even after the theological framework that originally supported it has collapsed.

Ideas that help explain it
Worth thinking about

“Where Are You with Grief and faith — when loss challenges belief?”

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