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what's an atheist funeral like?

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what's an atheist funeral like?
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RE: what's an atheist funeral like?
March 21, 2014 at 11:10 am
(March 21, 2014 at 10:51 am)Thunder Cunt Wrote: Are u a woman of yr word?

I try my best to be, but we're the same age within a month of each other so I'll probably have kicked the bucket at the same time.
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RE: what's an atheist funeral like?
March 21, 2014 at 11:10 am
Generally there's more rock songs played.
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RE: what's an atheist funeral like?
March 21, 2014 at 11:23 am
(March 21, 2014 at 10:34 am)Thunder Cunt Wrote: Never been to a funeral that didnt have swing low sweet chariot or amazing grace

You left out the obligatory recitation of Psalm 23. Although not original, these are to be expected at a Christian funeral. 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.

I honestly don't care what happens to me when I die; I'll be dead. If people gather to remember me I should hope they jettison the typical somberness in favor of a more festive event.
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RE: what's an atheist funeral like?
March 21, 2014 at 11:35 am
(March 21, 2014 at 10:45 am)futilethewinds Wrote: What about the Law and Order "Ch-CHING" sound or CSI: Miami, "Yeeeeeeeeeeeeah!" Wink
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RE: what's an atheist funeral like?
March 21, 2014 at 11:57 am
(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.
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RE: what's an atheist funeral like?
March 21, 2014 at 12:23 pm
My dads auntie was an atheist and coincidentally a founder member of the Uks communist party.

There is an atheist "chapel" in portsmouth were secular funeral services are held (Who knew).
The reading at her funeral was from the musical Don qixote "dream the impossible dream fight the unbeatable foe" etc.



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RE: what's an atheist funeral like?
March 21, 2014 at 12:25 pm
(March 21, 2014 at 10:34 am)Thunder Cunt Wrote: Never been to a funeral that didnt have swing low sweet chariot or amazing grace
I've never been to a funeral that did, but that's because I come from a Jewish family, so all our funerals have had prayers in Hebrew that nobody can understand. And Psalm 23.

With my sister and I being atheists, we're likely to surprise the rest of the family when we leave that stuff out. Of course, that would assume that we plan ahead for our funerals, which I haven't done yet (don't think she has, either).
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RE: what's an atheist funeral like?
March 21, 2014 at 12:29 pm
(March 21, 2014 at 11:57 am)Faith No More Wrote:
(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.

I have yet to experience this special brand of bullshit. That takes some nerve.

I have been to funerals where the pastor waxes poetic about the recent conversion prior to death, which everyone in attendance understood to be a lie.
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RE: what's an atheist funeral like?
March 21, 2014 at 12:30 pm
I'll see to it that there is going to be some death metal, no pun intended.

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RE: what's an atheist funeral like?
March 21, 2014 at 12:42 pm
I couldn't care less how my funeral goes. I imagine my family will make it a Jesus-fest in a feeble post mortem attempt to save my soul.
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