Have you let your family know that no priest can come in and bless you and give your last rights on your death bed? Have you made sure your funeral is NOT to be held in a church, and the word God not be mentioned at your service? Who will give the service? A judge? A Sea Captain? Does your family know these things? How would you feel if they had a church funeral will a Christian Baptist Preacher reading your ulogy? Would you turn in your grave?
2006-09-23 08:41:22 · 11 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
My family knows that upon my death, I am to be cremated. There is to be no viewing, no service, no public display of emotion.
If my family and friends care to remember me at all, then they may do so in private, without a lot of show and fanfare.
I'd like for my ashes to be scattered over the Rocky Mountains, released to the wind from a hot air balloon. Soaring over the Mountains in a balloon is something I have enjoyed in the past, and wish to do again.
There are to be no ministers of any kind allowed into my hospital room, and if I am ever so ill that one would be needed, then I hope somebody pulls the plug on me and ends it.
atheist
2006-09-23 08:47:50 · answer #1 · answered by ? 4 · 1⤊ 1⤋
I have filled out some kind of papers..i think it was this AD that you are talking about saying that i don't want any clergy around me period while i am in the hospital. I have turned over all rights to make decisions for me to my friend who is an atheist because i know my mother would have a Christian funeral and make decisions in my health care that could lead to more suffering for me because of her severe Christianity disorder if i didn't go to those measures.
I don't wish for a service. Any money spent on somebody who is dead is a waste in my opinion.
2006-09-23 15:54:07 · answer #2 · answered by AiW 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
All my organs will be donated. Whatever's left will be cremated. The service will be held at the diner I always hang out at with friends. No priest or anything. Just friends standing up saying something about me (good or bad) and light up a cigarette in my honor. That's the ideal funeral for me.
2006-09-23 15:57:46 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yup, yup and yup!
Got all those bases covered when I went into the hospital to have my smallest offspring. My family knows where to have it, who shall speak, and what to do with my remains. Don't know if I'd turn in my grave if they disregard my wishes, all I can do is hope they loved me enough to give me the send-off I requested.
My mother's funeral was a travesty; her wishes over-ruled to satisfy my fundie sister.
2006-09-23 15:49:40 · answer #4 · answered by Chickyn in a Handbasket 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
First, it's "Chaplain" not Chaplin (that's the little tramp....Oh....wait).
Second it's "rites" not "rights" (those are given by the constitution).
Third, it "eulogy" not "ulogy" (who knows what the heck that is).
And finally, yes...No chaplain for me. After I'm gone, the service is for the family and loved ones. My life-partner was an atheist, but his family was religious. We got a Unitarian minister who was sensitive to everyone's needs, and the funeral was a great tribute to his much-too-short life.
2006-09-23 15:48:32 · answer #5 · answered by NHBaritone 7 · 1⤊ 2⤋
I'm sure the funeral director can give a eulogy, if necessary, or give none at all, just have friends speak.
I guess before death, they just have friends and family ... doesn't really matter, as soon as they expire they cease to exist, right?
2006-09-23 15:44:48 · answer #6 · answered by arewethereyet 7 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Why on earth would I care? I'll be dead. Whatever makes my family happy is cool with me. I just hope the people who really knew me would remember me for who I really was.
2006-09-23 15:48:42 · answer #7 · answered by ♥Mira♥ 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I having an Irish wake everybody gets drunk, eats, and celebrates. No minister would come 10 feet near my freinds.
2006-09-23 15:46:05 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 1⤋
Good question! I never thought about that before, all you atheist better get busy.
2006-09-23 15:44:53 · answer #9 · answered by Lilat180 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
My family is in full understanding and agreement with all of that.
2006-09-23 15:43:15 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋