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Jokerman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-07-08 09:56 AM Original message |
Minister delivers eulogy, forgets the name of the deceased. |
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no_hypocrisy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-07-08 10:00 AM Response to Original message |
1. The rabbi who did my mother's eulogy based it on us passing around the phone. |
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Jokerman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-07-08 10:12 AM Response to Reply #1 |
3. At least he did his home work. |
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havocmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-07-08 10:06 AM Response to Original message |
2. Pastor at wedding of an in-law blew the bride's name. |
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Jokerman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-07-08 10:19 AM Response to Reply #2 |
4. Wow, that's messed up. |
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havocmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-07-08 01:23 PM Response to Reply #4 |
5. Very sweet bride, she was really hurt by it. When groom didn't so much as clear his throat... |
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hedgehog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-07-08 07:16 PM Response to Reply #2 |
16. Someone should have pointed this out instead of allowing the |
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Critters2 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-08-08 03:23 PM Response to Reply #2 |
29. While I preach without notes or a manuscript, I type out EVERY WORD |
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Book Lover (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-09-08 02:39 AM Response to Reply #29 |
34. Easy? Are you kidding? |
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Critters2 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-09-08 12:24 PM Response to Reply #34 |
36. Please. Members of the wedding party are whispering to the pastor |
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Book Lover (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-09-08 01:10 PM Response to Reply #36 |
37. That makes me even more surprised at your lack of compassion |
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Evoman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-07-08 01:32 PM Response to Original message |
6. I've ranted about this before. |
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Critters2 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-07-08 06:16 PM Response to Reply #6 |
11. Why the hell was a Christian minister asked to do a funeral for an agnostic? |
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Evoman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-07-08 07:04 PM Response to Reply #11 |
13. I can't be. It was a christian funeral because both her mother and her husband are christian. |
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HamdenRice (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-07-08 02:43 PM Response to Original message |
7. Martin Luther King's predecessar at Dexter Avenue Baptist once gave a eulogy |
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Occam Bandage (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-07-08 02:55 PM Response to Original message |
8. If you want your minister to know who you are, consider meeting him before you're dead. nt |
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Jokerman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-07-08 08:05 PM Response to Reply #8 |
18. True, if that is what you want. |
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Critters2 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-08-08 03:27 PM Response to Reply #18 |
30. The deceased should have planned a funeral. This is easy to do, every funeral home |
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Occam Bandage (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-08-08 05:21 PM Response to Reply #18 |
31. Well, I can't very well blame the clergyman here. He was presented with a corpse, and it seems |
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knitter4democracy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-07-08 03:04 PM Response to Original message |
9. Oh man, that one really gets my goat. |
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Critters2 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-07-08 06:17 PM Response to Reply #9 |
12. Families shouldn't ask clergy to do funerals for people they don't know. nt |
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knitter4democracy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-08-08 02:11 PM Response to Reply #12 |
27. I agree, but if that happens, then the clergyperson needs a backup plan. |
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Critters2 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-07-08 06:14 PM Response to Original message |
10. This is the fault of the family and/or the deceased. |
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Evoman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-07-08 07:08 PM Response to Reply #10 |
14. There is a difference between saying "She is in jesus' hands" |
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hedgehog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-07-08 07:12 PM Response to Original message |
15. So this minister broke into the funeral, then locked the doors so no one could escape, |
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Jokerman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-07-08 07:44 PM Response to Reply #15 |
17. WTF are you talking about? |
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hedgehog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-07-08 08:17 PM Response to Reply #17 |
19. The family arranged for the minister to be there; it was up to the family |
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Jokerman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-07-08 08:35 PM Response to Reply #19 |
21. Funny you should mention the Cubs. |
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Evoman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-08-08 01:20 PM Response to Reply #19 |
25. Preaching god is fucking gross, especially when people are at their weakest. |
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knitter4democracy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-08-08 02:14 PM Response to Reply #19 |
28. A funeral is not the mission field, though. |
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and-justice-for-all (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-07-08 08:24 PM Response to Original message |
20. If they pull that crap with me when I die.. |
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struggle4progress (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-07-08 11:30 PM Response to Original message |
22. If you're not religious, why go to a religious service? |
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Jokerman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-08-08 07:07 AM Response to Reply #22 |
23. Because it's not about me, it's about the deceased. |
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struggle4progress (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-08-08 01:49 PM Response to Reply #23 |
26. I did not suggest that it was inappropriate for you to attend, I merely asked why you attended |
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Evoman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-08-08 01:18 PM Response to Reply #22 |
24. Well, aren't you Mr. Fucking sensitive. |
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beam me up scottie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-09-08 04:08 PM Response to Reply #24 |
42. Yeah, what was that shit they keep telling us about keeping faith out of faith based programs? |
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jmm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-08-08 08:55 PM Response to Original message |
32. I can understand the family being so caught up in their grief or |
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Jokerman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-09-08 08:44 AM Response to Reply #32 |
35. My mom was thrown out of the catholic church. |
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LeftyMom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-08-08 11:51 PM Response to Original message |
33. My mother hired a minister when my grandmother died. |
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beam me up scottie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-09-08 01:54 PM Response to Original message |
38. We didn't have much of a choice. |
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TZ (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-09-08 02:46 PM Response to Reply #38 |
39. Hey BMUS! |
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beam me up scottie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-09-08 03:03 PM Response to Reply #39 |
40. I'm still insane, how you? |
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TZ (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-09-08 03:35 PM Response to Reply #40 |
41. check your PM. |
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beam me up scottie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-09-08 04:15 PM Response to Reply #41 |
43. . |
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