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PoindexterOglethorpe

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7. Funerals, or something like them, are a necessary ritual.

Reply to MineralMan (Original post)

Sun Mar 3, 2019, 03:23 PM

Mar 2019

The people who command that no funeral or service of any kind be held for them, miss the point. It's not for the dead person, it's for the living. As you've pointed out, there doesn't need to be a religious portion, just food, drink, and telling stories.

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I'm not a big fan of funerals. [View all] MineralMan Mar 2019 OP

I prefer Weddings. Turbineguy Mar 2019 #1

Oh, I love weddings! Truly. MineralMan Mar 2019 #2

I only attend wakes Cartoonist Mar 2019 #3

I have never been harmed in a church. MineralMan Mar 2019 #4

So? Cartoonist Mar 2019 #5

Ah, OK. MineralMan Mar 2019 #6

You are fortunate in that, MineralMan. Mariana Mar 2019 #11

Funerals, or something like them, are a necessary ritual. PoindexterOglethorpe Mar 2019 #7

" It's not for the dead person, it's for the living." mitch96 Mar 2019 #13

Yes. PoindexterOglethorpe Mar 2019 #15

I have instructed my wife to not Ferrets are Cool Mar 2019 #8

My wife has instructions to dump my cremated remains, MineralMan Mar 2019 #9

Love it Ferrets are Cool Mar 2019 #10

I've told my husband.... Bayard Mar 2019 #12

My buddy did something similar... mitch96 Mar 2019 #16

I have never been to one...only a couple of "celebrations of life" BigmanPigman Mar 2019 #14