Why do people call deceased children angels?

[Maddie]

How come everytime a child dies, people post fabrications on social media sites where they say

"RIP those sweet/poor angels"

"Heaven just gained another angel"

"Those angels are with their majer now"

Why do kids get called angels? is it a poor attempt to try to understand why a child has died?

[Spread The Love]

they do it for a peace of mind. that's where the belief of heaven came from. no one likes to think that their dead child (let alone any loved one) no longer exists and that they will never see them again.

[Jenny T]

Basically, losing a child is worse than losing both arms and legs for a parent. It doesn't make sense and nobody can wrap their brain around why someone so young and so innocent should have their number come up. So...we call them angels...and prefer to believe that God had a purpose for them in heaven.. being an angel.

[VCat]

It's because they do not know the true condition of the dead. Many religions teach that those who die are taken to heaven, but the bible teaches otherwise. Eccl 9:5, "the dead are conscious of nothing." Besides, God did not intend for humans to live in heaven. He created the earth for humans. If Adam and Eve had never sinned, the human race would have lived on earth forever. God's original purpose for the earth has not changed. This is brought out in Psalms 37:10, 11

And just a little while longer, and the wicked one will be no more;+
And you will certainly give attention to his place, and he will not be.+
But the meek ones themselves will possess the earth,+
And they will indeed find their exquisite delight in the abundance of peace.+

[Methane Mama]

Because, they don't want to face the fact that God allowed them to die in a horrible way and so young for no reason at all. And, of course, "God" would do just that, if He DID NOT EXIST and they don't want to face that fact, either.

[Terra]

Unfortunately, people have to comfort themselves this way because they don't understand what has happened to their children and they have to give themselves some sort of hope for them. The Bible explains all of these things very clearly, but sadly, many preachers are too worried about money rather than telling people what has really happened to their dead loved ones, so they do what 2 Timothy 4:3 calls tickling people's ears. Here's what the Bible teaches happens to these children:

Luke 8:49-53: "While he was yet speaking, a certain representative of the presiding officer of the synagogue came, saying: “Your daughter has died; do not bother the teacher any longer.”  On hearing this, Jesus answered him: “Have no fear, only put forth faith, and she will be saved.”  When he reached the house he did not let anyone go in with him except Peter and John and James and the girl’s father and mother.  But people were all weeping and beating themselves in grief for her. So he said: “Stop weeping, for she did not die but is sleeping.”  At this they began to laugh at him scornfully, because they knew she had died.  But he took her by the hand and called, saying: “Girl, get up!""

It really begs the question, why did Jesus say the girl needed to be "saved" if children go to heaven when they die? Rather, he compared her condition to sleeping. Other scriptures in the Bible emphasize this condition of the dead, such as Ecclesiastes 9:5,6:

"For the living are conscious that they will die; but as for the dead, they are conscious of nothing at all, neither do they anymore have wages, because the remembrance of them has been forgotten.  Also, their love and their hate and their jealousy have already perished, and they have no portion anymore to time indefinite in anything that has to be done under the sun."

This, of course, is just their default condition, assuming they aren't later resurrected like the little girl. Jesus resurrected many people, and there would be no need for him to do this if people went to heaven. It would also have done little good for him to have gone around resurrecting people if they were just going to remain permanently dead later. Rather, his doing so was just a demonstration of what he'd do on a greater scale later. The scriptures teach that one day there will be a great resurrection of millions of people, and death will be done away with. This is spoken of many times in God's Word, such as at Acts 24:15 and Revelation 21:4.

Where Are the Dead?
http://wol.jw.org/en/wol/d/r1/lp-e/1102005136

Real Hope for Your Loved Ones Who Have Died
http://wol.jw.org/en/wol/d/r1/lp-e/1102005137

[capitalgentleman]

Somehow, some people have gotten the idea that when we die, we become angels. This is not true of course - there is no Theology to suggest such a thing happens. But, many have this idea, and believe it.