Re: Funeral thoughts
When my wife lost her grandmother, it was the first non-Catholic funeral I had ever attended. During the service, the Baptist reverend excitedly urged God to accept her into heaven. He told us that heaven was a glorious place, and the old lady would really like it there.
I'm atheist, so I wasn't buying this--but I found it positively refreshing. This preacher was actually saying comforting things to the bereaved. I was used to Catholic services, where the solemn priest would beg in a droning monotone, "Please, God, accept this worthless sinner into your Kingdom...I know we're not even worthy of asking you this, so pardon our insolence as we ask you to take this lousy sinner and cut her a break..."
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