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Religious funerals for prominent nonbelievers

Loafing Oaf · 2020-01-07 13:40:53

I'm a bit surprised at the extent to which this still seems to be the done thing. I was prompted to think about this by Marian Finucane receiving a Catholic funeral but I don't know for sure what her religious affiliations were so I won't use her as a particular example. Stephen Hawking is one recent case in point: he…

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#242 24-01-2020 12:18am
smacl

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storker wrote: »

A bit OT but serious question, is it possible to specify that something be done to make sure you don't wake up in the coffin? Decapitation or something sharp through the brain? I have a terrible fear of waking up afterwards...

Cremation ought to do the trick

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