If I, as a five-year-old, can see this is a scam, surely they will too, won’t they? But almost every ritual in the immediate days after Sana’s death—from the funeral prayers to the burial ceremony—seems to involve God as a positive character, despite what he did to her. He is being prayed to. He is being asked to bless her and take care of her in heaven just hours after he painfully and callously took her away. I must be missing something. After all, I’m just a kid. They are grown-ups, with university degrees and well-paying jobs. Maybe there’s something they’re not telling me that would make
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