>>11793289It hurts even more if the child is older, because the parents have invested more time, and so has the child, and all of them have dreams for the future as well as intricate interpersonal relationships.
What could compound that pain is the manner of death. Drunk drivers doing 100 mph through a red light have no remorse for their selfish actions, only anger at the slight inconvenience that the courts will impose. But even that's changing. In Europe, killing somebody with your car, even if you are 100% at fault, rarely carries more than a fine as punishment.
If you pay attention to the news and are good at extrapolating personal tragedy in anecdote to civilization at a larger scale, you'll understand why Jesus felt it necessary to die for your sins.
