My uncle is having a humanist funeral tomorrow. My mother, his sister, is not well enough to attend so we're going to read through the programme together and think of him, cantankerous old git that he was. ;-)
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@GodDoesnt 's book "Life in Light of Death" as a sort of secular devotional to keep focused on what actually matters, and it's amazing how we don't even have the grammatical structures to talk about death properly. We keep making the "now-non-subjects" into subjects.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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Funerals are for the living. I'm sorry for your loss Pluckrose.
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I'm actually keeping his soul in a jar in my room just to annoy you
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That is an odd sentence construct that I don't hear in the area where I live - Midwest US. The take in my circles has generally always been that funerals are for the living. Deep condolences on your family's loss.
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Agree where you are coming from. You are honouring his memory and marking his death. In that sense it is about you while reflecting on him. Sorry for your loss.
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He is literally a meme. A thought, kept alive by those who knew him.
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1. My condolences 2. The Talmud (B. Sanhedrin 47a) actually discusses if the funeral is for the deceased or the living, concludes it's for the honor of the deceased https://www.sefaria.org.il/Sanhedrin.47a?lang=bi …pic.twitter.com/yUXTMxmoHI
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This is why I have promised never to attend another funeral. I will not have a funeral of my own (it's already a condition of my will that no one gets anything if a funeral happens). Nor will I attend any other silly ancient ceremony Weddings Christenings That kind of nonsense
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I have also stipulated the most environmentally friendly method of getting rid of a body at the time of my death. I'm hoping one of these will turn me into fertilizer. It's only fair, I've eaten a lot of mushrooms over the decades.https://www.sciencealert.com/this-mushroom-suit-digests-your-body-after-you-die …
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