Had one classmate in grade school and him and no one else in that family would ever talk about religion. We all assumed atheism, but never knew. Still don't know in fact, although the dad has since passed and there is a cross etched on his stone. Curiously, mom has been dead 3 years now and still is not next to husband or acknowledged on the stone. A minor mystery I guess, but I have bigger things to worry about.
Uncle Ed was apparently an atheist, but with a twist, he might have actually been religious, (hard to tell) but his incredible cheapness precluded him from ever setting foot in a church where he might have been hit up for a donation. No funeral for him or his wife, both were cremated and scattered on a remote beach in
California by a family friend. My parents would have NEVER brought up the subject of atheism around the kids for fear of putting weird ideas in their heads. Same with suicide, stillbirths, homosexuality and a few other topics. Never speak of it, then it doesn't exist.
Uncle Ed was apparently an atheist, but with a twist, he might have actually been religious, (hard to tell) but his incredible cheapness precluded him from ever setting foot in a church where he might have been hit up for a donation. No funeral for him or his wife, both were cremated and scattered on a remote beach in
California by a family friend. My parents would have NEVER brought up the subject of atheism around the kids for fear of putting weird ideas in their heads. Same with suicide, stillbirths, homosexuality and a few other topics. Never speak of it, then it doesn't exist.
The granting of a pardon is an imputation of guilt, and the acceptance a confession of it.
