(April 29, 2017 at 11:12 am)Faith No More Wrote: I have. It wasn't stated directly, but the message was clear.
My friend killed himself, and his parents were Catholic. The priest didn't bother with any comforting words and instead spent the entire eulogy comparing my friend to Judas Iscariot, because they both killed themselves. When a Catholic sits there comparing someone to a man that Dante describes as being confined to the lowest level of hell getting chewed on by one of the three heads of Satan, the subtext is clear.
The guy is lucky I was still in shock, or else I'd have probably blackened his eye.
I had a similar experience during my father's funeral. The priest didn't so much as say Da was going to hell, but made the observation that God was so forgiving, that even someone like my father could - eventually - make it to Heaven.
They pulled me off the priest before I could crush his windpipe. He declined to press charges.
Boru
‘I can’t be having with this.’ - Esmeralda Weatherwax
