Is it wrong to say at funerals that people "are in a better place"? Considering the common belief that only God can judge a final destination, when someone dies, is it wrong to say they are in heaven? I realize that there are many different interpretations on just about any part of the Bible, but the way most Christians I know interpret the issue of a final "resting place" is that only God can judge and only God knows. Most Christians I know would say it is wrong of someone to say that so and so is burning in hell, because you don't know what was on their heart when they died, and you don't know how God will judge them.
However, I have never heard anyone say the same thing when they heard someone say that so and so is in a better place now. Why is it okay to believe and tell others that someone who has died is in Heaven, but wrong to say that they are in Hell? God's judgement would necessarily go both ways, and if only he knows who is in Hell, then only he would know who is in Heaven. Is this just something that Christians don't care about because saying someone is in Hell is malicious and can hurt other's, but saying they are in Heaven brings comfort? Or do you think I am looking at this the wrong way?