(March 21, 2014 at 11:23 am)Cato Wrote: I deplore when the service transitions into an advertisement for Jesus with the implication of the living going to hell if they don't get straight with Christ.
It's worse when they start not-so-subtly implying that the dearly departed is now roasting in fire and brimstone.
Even if the open windows of science at first make us shiver after the cozy indoor warmth of traditional humanizing myths, in the end the fresh air brings vigor, and the great spaces have a splendor of their own - Bertrand Russell