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How does an Atheist have a funeral?

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QuietTruth:
PLEASE, don't nobody get mad or start an argument, I'm serious bout it. I'm being dead ass. I was thinkin' a minute ago bout alllll this, and this question just popped in my head.

How would somebody layout a funeral, those come with a church service, a mass, a wake. Sure you could get cremated, but spiritual services still get carried out. You know, would one, have a service, period? I'm just being curious. Like what I mean, is if you don't have a funeral, how would you have a burial service...that's what I'm askin'. That's how I'm tryin' to word it.

It's really, ultimately a real fuckin' new day and age sooo questions like this gots to come up..word?

ikke:
My body is to be thrown into the trash.

Sikotic™:
I dunno. Never been to an "Athiest" funeral. I've been to funerals of Athiest people, but their funerals had a Christian theme to them.

Because a funeral is not for the dead person: its for those left behind. So naturally, they're gonna get a pastor or a priest for the service because religion is used to comfort people during hard times (one of the good qualities that religion brings).

That's why I don't care what happens when I die. I won't be attending the shit anyways lol. As long as, at the end of the day, my family feels a little closure then its all good.

The Phoenix:

--- Quote from: ikke on September 04, 2009, 12:27:05 AM ---My body is to be thrown into the trash.

--- End quote ---
Sounds like a good response to me.  If you do not believe in any religion, then when you die...you just die.

Sik, you did bring up a good point.  Thou the person that is dead is athiest, that doesn't mean the people that knew them are.  If anything, the religious people that had to bury their athiest friend/family are probably worried that they may not make it to heaven due to their nonbelief.

Fraxxx:
In Germany you don't have to have a priest on your funeral. The mortician's usually have someone to deliever the sermon. There are cemetaries for people who don't wanna get involved with the church. It's pretty much the same only without mentioning the afterlife.  ;)

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