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terranaLast week, my grandmother died at the age of 93. I travelled up to Scotland for the funeral service, which was today.
It's my opinion that the function of a funeral is to allow people to say goodbye, achieve closure and start to move on. In that, today's service was a total failure. The whole affair was terribly impersonal and disgustingly Christian throughout. The guy leading the service mentioned my grandmother exactly three times and spent the rest of the half hour going on about how awesome God is. Then asked for donations at the end.
While a Christian herself, my grandmother was also a deeply practical woman, and I can't imagine her wanting to say goodbye in such a manner.
Despite my distaste for the service, I held my peace. To do otherwise would have been even more disrespectful. But I think both she and those attending deserved better.
It's my opinion that the function of a funeral is to allow people to say goodbye, achieve closure and start to move on. In that, today's service was a total failure. The whole affair was terribly impersonal and disgustingly Christian throughout. The guy leading the service mentioned my grandmother exactly three times and spent the rest of the half hour going on about how awesome God is. Then asked for donations at the end.
While a Christian herself, my grandmother was also a deeply practical woman, and I can't imagine her wanting to say goodbye in such a manner.
Despite my distaste for the service, I held my peace. To do otherwise would have been even more disrespectful. But I think both she and those attending deserved better.
