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Alternately; this anachronistic idea that not going to a religious ceremony is “the wrong thing” can be disregarded. I never attend funerals, and I rarely atte
by sneak 2y ago
Alternately; this anachronistic idea that not going to a religious ceremony is “the wrong thing” can be disregarded.
I never attend funerals, and I rarely attend weddings. I skipped my father’s funeral. It simply doesn’t matter if you go or not.
- colanderman 2y agoIt matters a lot to those who are grieving. Consider that funerals may have developed over millennia as a component of the grieving process. There is nothing necessarily religious about them.
- throw_pm23 2y agoReminded me of the famous quote by Twain: "When I was a boy of 14, my father was so ignorant I could hardly stand to have the old man around. But when I got to be 21, I was astonished at how much the old man had learned in seven years."