Sending religious cards to non-religious or different religion friends can be offensive and pervert the thoughtfulness intent. It’s polite to send a generic card to business associates or new acquaintances. Condolence cards should consider the recipient’s beliefs and not preach through religious papers. Postcards honoring the deceased and expressing sympathy may be more appropriate. People must come to their own understanding of why a death has occurred through time and healing, which may not necessarily be achieved through a religious card.
Sending religious cards to non-religious friends can be potentially offensive. Worse is to send a religious card to a friend of a different religion, let’s say an overtly Christian card to a Jewish friend. If the cards are meant to offer greetings, thanks, condolences, or to wish someone happy holidays, then the card is also meant to be a personal gesture of goodwill. Sending overtly religious cards to those with a different belief system tends to pervert the thoughtfulness intent implicit in sending a card.
Religious charters are meant to be shared by people of the same core religions. The most common examples of overtly religious cards are religious cards sent at Christmas. If you want to send religious cards at Christmas, consider relying on an address list that consists only of other Christian friends.
Some see sending religious cards during Christmas as a way to proselytize and bear witness to the birth of Christ. The same people might feel a little offended if they receive Hanukkah or Kwanzaa cards. However, by their own logic, a Jewish person or a person who celebrates Kwanzaa would be justified in using religious cards even to preach their religion. For the person celebrating Kwanzaa, it could be Christianity or Islam.
So it is often considered polite to send a more generic vacation card so as not to offend the religions of others. This is especially true for business associates or new acquaintances. Sending religious cards to those you know will appreciate them is another matter. If you are concerned about the cost of the cards, consider writing a short quote from the scriptures in the cards for friends who share your religious beliefs.
Condolence cards are often religious in nature. Yet the last thing a grieving person needs is to be the object of someone else’s religious views. If one wants to help a person by offering them a spiritual path, he considers inviting them to a church service, rather than preaching through religious papers. Sometimes people find great comfort in a new religion after suffering a loss.
Other times, they may be more angry at the Divine for taking a loved one away. Consider the intent behind sending the card and don’t make the mistake of believing that passages of scriptures or the Kuran (also known as the Quran) will provide comfort to a non-religious person. In fact, it could fuel their anger.
Instead, send postcards honoring the deceased and expressing sympathy to survivors who don’t dwell on religious explanations. It may be correct to write that a bereaved person is in one’s thoughts and prayers. One’s personal beliefs about predestination or God’s purpose may not be comforting to that person, so it is always best to consider the recipient. People must come to their own understanding of why a death has occurred through time and healing, which may not necessarily be achieved through a religious card.
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