To show respect for the person that has passed away.
2007-07-13 02:07:03 · 17 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
For the believers, a church is a place that can give comfort and closure, especially in terms of a funeral, but for atheists like myself a church is just a man made building that has no greater or less value then a skyscrapper, school, office building or whatever. For that reason I would definitely go to a funeral, despite my non-belief because of my respect for the deceased's family and friends. I don't think I'd do it for the deceased, because they're dead, meaning they wouldn't know or care what you did for them anyways. I would, however, want to make the statement to the deceased's family and friends and also to myself that I did value this person's life so I would go and just hope I don't burst into flames. :-)
2007-07-13 02:51:27 · answer #1 · answered by DUNX 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Of course. Funerals are largely for paying respects to the departed and support for the living. We share our feelings same as everybody.
2007-07-13 09:20:50 · answer #2 · answered by Crabby Patty 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I do, would, and have. I'm not one to let my views on organized religion stop me from going to a church funeral, especially when it's for someone I really cared for. I lost my friend Lucy to cancer, and she had a huge Catholic funeral. I was fine with it. It was about her and her life and how she lived, not about the church.
2007-07-13 09:17:39 · answer #3 · answered by ReeRee 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Absolutely! Would you refuse to go to an atheists funeral if it was held in a park and not a church? Or would you go to show respect to the deceased and the surviving family?
By the way, I also go to weddings in churches.
2007-07-13 09:11:48 · answer #4 · answered by Mi Atheist Girl 4 · 5⤊ 1⤋
In my life i've been to very few funerals,but after my brother died,it was nice to see people there who cared about him and me.A church is just a building like any other business,just a creation man made.
2007-07-13 09:17:04 · answer #5 · answered by gbellobuono 1 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Of course! It's about paying your respects for that person, not about a building or religion.
2007-07-13 09:16:31 · answer #6 · answered by Elphaba 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
i'm pagan and don't normally go to funerals. i have a different take on death than most people, and don't need the closure that a funeral gives. i do go if it is someone very very close to support the living, not show respect for the dead
2007-07-13 09:10:51 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 4⤊ 2⤋
Of course.
I would go to church, synagogue, mosque, temple, anywhere, depending on the faith of the deceased.
2007-07-13 09:19:33 · answer #8 · answered by stym 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Sure. A church is just a building. I don't reject the building.
2007-07-13 09:10:11 · answer #9 · answered by ? 3 · 7⤊ 1⤋
If you were a atheist you would not be asking this question.
2007-07-13 09:17:35 · answer #10 · answered by ♥M♥ 4 · 1⤊ 1⤋