Hensler is an atheist, so when people described her three-month-old son Jude as being an angel, or part of God's plan, or "in a better place" than in his mother's arms, the pain sometimes overwhelmed her.
"We are facing an absolute loss, so when someone projects onto that the idea that we are going to be able to hold our children again or communicate with them, it is essentially dismissing the magnitude of that loss."
MORE: http://www.usatoday.com/news/religion/story/2012-02-17/grief-mourning-religion-god-atheists/53136258/1
See also...
How religious are you? (WSJ Online Poll)
http://online.wsj.com/community/groups/question-day-229/topics/how-religious-you
