h2g2 The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy: Earth Edition

Why is it whenever I just chuck any old crap on to kick around the house in someone comes to the door?

Anyhoo. Some Jesus dude came to the door advertising some Easter service. As I was had a grumpy baby in my arms I said no thanks to the leaflet and told him I was an atheist to make him go away; I didn't really have the inclination to have a debate on the doorstep . I felt bad as he was a nice guy (aren't they all?) and he complimented wee buggerlugs, but what bugs me is the way Christians do this sort of thing. I don't go round their houses to force my beliefs onto them!

Maybe you should... and tell them "I've got a baby and I'm not afriad to burp it in your direction!"

Imagine if she'd taken that moment to let rip with spew...

Well, just look who their boss is.

http://www.mrdeity.com

Yep, I was at a funeral on Monday, and although the woman was not particularly religous, I felt the Minister cared more about "canvassing" and ramming Jesus down our throats than celebrating the rather exceptional life of the woman we were there to say goodbye to. Irritating.

Must have a good look at that site later, but it looks quite interesting

I've only ever been to religious funerals and I've only been to one where the minister didn't go on and on about Jesus. The worst ones have been the Catholic ones, where they last about two hours and everyone gets up for Communion halfway through

Yeah, and they do that crazy singing with the responses!

I jut think that funerals should be about the dead person! I went to my partner's grandfather's funeral. He was married to a south african woman, and they really celebrated his life. It was absolutely fantasic. Crying at the crem, serious respect at the funeral tea and then a msssive party. (his first white family took a while to get into the swing of things though)

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That's what I want my funeral to be like. You can cry all you like at the crematorium (when my coffin disappears into the furnace I want it to go to the theme tune for Grandstand ) but I want everyone to have a party afterwards. There's no point dwelling on the fact I'm gone, not when there's booze to be had!

It depends greatly on the type of christianity and the celebrant performing the funeral. You can always shop around till you find a minister who do a service like you want.

What, do they do promotional videos so you can see what they're like beforehand?

that's a good idea. However I was thinking you should tell them what you want and see if they're willing to do it.

I'm not going to plan my funeral at the age of 26 because I'm not a mental...

I don't feel any requirement for any sort of religious dude up front. It's be nicer if members of your family and friends got up and said some stuff, or picked a tune that reminded them of you. Stuff like that. You'd need someone to direct it all I suppose. Come on then, who's been to a good funeral, and what made it good?

I'm not going to plan my funeral either... I won't care... I'll be dead and in no mood to enjoy it anyway.

I don't especially want to plan mine either, but I wouldn't want people going to a whole lot of expense and trouble for things I couldn't give a stuff about. Like flowers for example. I don't like them, they are fiendishly expensive and a complete waste of time. It's a bit pointless to give flowers to a dead person.

My granda didn't want loads of flowers and he didn't want the local Church of Scotland minister either, but certain members of the family decided to get the flowers and book him anyway. A total lack of respect which made the rest of us really annoyed

That's terrible... a funeral should reflect what the deceased wanted, and anyone who does something off their own bat and says "I think it's what they would have wanted" can eff off. If they didn't tell you what they wanted, then you don't know do you?

That's my interfering aunt for you; his daughter-in-law incidentally. My granny told her what she wanted arranged but she obviously didn't listen. What we don't understand is that nobody seems to like the local CoS minister (my granny wanted the Methodist minister), including her, so why she booked him is a mystery!

"That's terrible... a funeral should reflect what the deceased wanted"

I dunno, I always thought that they were for the living really. I do have ideas of what I want for mine, environmentally friendly for a start, but really I'd like for any family left to be happy with it.

Like I said... I'm not too particular about the funeral (Although it would be a good idea to keep god out of it compleatly) but the burial I do have a preference but I don't think it's legal here in the states.

I want to be strait buried... no additives, no fillers, no preservatives.

Preferably under a pear tree. The idea came from the 1980 movie "Foxes" with Jodie Foster. "But Annie, she said she wanted to be buried right in the ground under a pear tree. Really. Not in a box or anything. She said she wanted the roots going right through her, and each year, we'd come along, take a pear, and go "Hey, Annie's tasting good this year, huh?"