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Originally Posted by kattymieoww:
Originally Posted by cologne 1:

I'm with katty. I was brought up by my catholic parents and nuns. Nuns in Kindergarten, Nuns in Primary School, Nuns in Convent. At the age of 15, I had that much education that religion didn't make any sense anymore. I am slightly jealous of ppl who believe because I imagine it's very comforting. I had to sort out my funeral with my daughter and had a small blipp about having it in a church (catholic guilt), but I'm sticking to my plans to have a humanist funeral and try to be as environmentally friendly as I can while I'm about it.

I attended the Humanist funeral of my elderly neighbour last Thursday,she was 85,the mother of my "hell bound"protestant friend.It was very moving,.two poems were used instead of hymns(which no one sings anyway)and her life was celebrated.

Both my mum ( lapsed Catholic) and more recently my dad ( christened in the Church of Scotland) chose to have humanist send-offs. We all found them a huge comfort and as uplifting as those kind of things can be.. it was all about them and their lives, like katty says, a celebration.  Very personal , moving, and , because of the people my mum and dad were, funny at times Good music too  

That's the way I'll be doing it . 

FM
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