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In reply to the discussion: Ever been to a funeral where the preacher screams at the bereaved? [View all]Warren DeMontague
(80,708 posts)family, who- I guess- are Catholic.
Dad was never Catholic, and while a believer his was a sort of open-ended, 12 step belief, his God the one of Einstein, or Spinoza.
It was jarring, and he would have either been appalled or amused .... not to mention, the officiant.. Maybe it was a Priest, i dont know, they were divorced and remarried so I don't know how that would work with the RCC... honestly I wasnt paying attention, but whoever the fire and brimstone guy was, he airbrushed a good chunk of his life out of the summary, namely first wife and the adult kids of that marriage who were sitting inconveniently in the audience right in front of him---leaving it up to an uncle of my dad to finally acknowledge our presence.
Classless, and classy, respectively.
The irony is, his 2nd wife- i never refer to her as my "stepmom", but I am close to her and respect her a lot-- became a Buddhist after he died and is about as opposite from a fundy as you could imagine.
So I really never found out what the hell that was about. But ... it was a long time ago.