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It tends to be the last thing written in your medical notes after your death has been certified. I have never seen it as a religious thing, it's more a ...fare thee well, where ever you may be bound ...
kind of thing, a little touch of humanity, a gentle push into whatever you might think comes next.
I'm not too sure RIP is used in the context described mainly above in this forum.
I think it gets used on this forum to announce some ones death. 'RIP Joe Bloggs' is more sensitive than 'Dead Joe Bloggs'. Some times it almost feels that people are racing to post the news first.
As to what ever comes next, there is nothing, its just odd the human psyche needs/wants to believe there is more
How can anyone alive know there is nothing? You can believe or not believe but you can't prove.
I'm a non believer by the way.
I have never ever thought of rip as being religious. To me it just means that if they had any troubles in life they are free of them in death.