My Mother passed away in December and my Brother shortly after in January (less than a month apart). We couldn't bury them, because it was winter, so we had to have them cremated and we buried them when the ground thawed out.
My question is ......
We just had their burial last week. My mother was a Catholic, and her husband is a practicing Catholic. For him and her, we held a religious ceremony, with a Catholic Priest officiating. My Brother wouldn't have cared one way or the other. (Like he said, he's dead, what does he care.) But it left me kinda empty, it really did not help me. All the "pray for us sinners" and stuff, and being welcomed home in heaven with God the Father. It was kinda creepy.
Are the funerals/burials for the dead or the one's left here?
For my own, I want it to be more neutral, appealing to both sides. Where would I be able to get some ideas for a more non-theist funeral?
2007-05-23
18:01:39
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Sapere Aude
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