Pop songs and mawkish behaviour at Funerals...

[Crimson Dynamo]

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/religion/6453463/Vicar-attacks-Princess-Diana-funeral-culture-for-pop-songs-at-funerals.html


I can understand this POV - dont forget that most ministers do around 3 funerals per week (hardcore if you think about what it entails) and dont forget where these particular funerals are being held etc..

[NettoSuperstar!]

Surely its up to the family how they want to mourn their lost ones...and if that means listening to Celine Dion (wouldnt be my choice) then so be it

[Crimson Dynamo]

Surely its up to the family how they want to mourn their lost ones...and if that means listening to Celine Dion (wouldnt be my choice) then so be it

That would be the case if they were booking a funeral like one books a wedding reception but not if they are having it in a Christian church.

[Dr.Gonzo]

Maybe he should just keep his opinions to himself and do his ****ing job.

Pop music... popular music, which touches a lot more people than old hymns they only listen to or sing along with if they have to. If pop music emotes the feelings more suitably, what's the problem?

If I want Sympathy for the Devil played at my funeral, then it's gonna happen.

[Niamh.]

Maybe he should just keep his opinions to himself and do his ****ing job.

Pop music... popular music, which touches a lot more people than old hymns they only listen to or sing along with if they have to. If pop music emotes the feelings more suitably, what's the problem?

If I want Sympathy for the Devil played at my funeral, then it's gonna happen.

I won't be having my funeral in a church anyhow so it makes ***** all difference to me:joker:

[Crimson Dynamo]

Maybe he should just keep his opinions to himself and do his ****ing job.

Pop music... popular music, which touches a lot more people than old hymns they only listen to or sing along with if they have to. If pop music emotes the feelings more suitably, what's the problem?

If I want Sympathy for the Devil played at my funeral, then it's gonna happen.


I am sure that if I go up to the dj booth at G.A.Y. and ask for "My Jesus I Love Thee I Know Thou Art Mine" they would be most accommodating?


:hugesmile:

[arsenalforever]

Highway to hell would be playing at mine

[Prole]

If I want Sympathy for the Devil played at my funeral, then it's gonna happen.


LOL... Cool choice. I'm having "She Bangs" by Ricky Martin.

[NettoSuperstar!]

That would be the case if they were booking a funeral like one books a wedding reception but not if they are having it in a Christian church.

People dont really have a range of choice where to go for their funerals they go where everyone else goes...where the graveyards are....

[Niamh.]

People dont really have a range of choice where to go for their funerals they go where everyone else goes...where the graveyards are....

i'm going to be cremated

[NettoSuperstar!]

i'm going to be cremated

Ooh no I dont fancy bein burnt...I'd rather rot lol

[Prole]

No wonder Christianity is on the decrease. Where in the bible does it say "thou shalt suck the comfort and joy out of everything"?

[arsenalforever]

i rather go by getting eating by the dogs

[Dr.Gonzo]

I am sure that if I go up to the dj booth at G.A.Y. and ask for "My Jesus I Love Thee I Know Thou Art Mine" they would be most accommodating?


:hugesmile:

I'm sure they would if it was important to you and the day was in celebration of your life.

[Dr.Gonzo]

i rather go by getting eating by the dogs

I can arrange something similar for you. I'll dress you up in a YMCA costume and throw you to a pack of Christians.

[Niamh.]

Ooh no I dont fancy bein burnt...I'd rather rot lol

I hate the thought of spiders and creepy crawlies all over me!! Plus I don't want to get accidentally buried alive :devil:

[arsenalforever]

I hate the thought of spiders and creepy crawlies all over me!! Plus I don't want to get accidentally buried alive :devil:

i know a few Cannibals could have a munch on you Niamh

[arsenalforever]

I can arrange something similar for you. I'll dress you up in a YMCA costume and throw you to a pack of Christians.

Thats the way i think i should go dress in leathers:joker:

[NettoSuperstar!]

I hate the thought of spiders and creepy crawlies all over me!! Plus I don't want to get accidentally buried alive :devil:

better than burnt alive!! and just think we're feeding the creepy crawlies and the plants n that, its giving something back to nature (here you are earth we've squeezed every last drop out of yer in return you can have our rotting flesh!) lol

[Niamh.]

better than burnt alive!! and just think we're feeding the creepy crawlies and the plants n that, its giving something back to nature (here you are earth we've squeezed every last drop out of yer in return you can have our rotting flesh!) lol

haha, it'd be quicker being buried alive though! :devil:

[arsenalforever]

Niamh you be dead so you wouldn't feel a thing:joker:

[Niamh.]

Niamh you be dead so you wouldn't feel a thing:joker:

Incase I'm accidentally buried alive lol

[Dr.Gonzo]

I've always said, bury me first and then if I don't like it burn me.

[arsenalforever]

I've always said, bury me first and then if I don't like it burn me.

:joker: the good doctor speaks from the grave brillant

[arsenalforever]

Incase I'm accidentally buried alive lol

:joker: do you think the hubby bury you alive Niamh?:joker:

[Dr.Gonzo]

:joker: the good doctor speaks from the grave brillant

Or burn me while I'm buried. Can you imagine, hot fiya coming from the ground?! The devil, the devil is coming! Praise Jesus, the devil is coming to burn us for owah sinSss! Repent. He hars risen and he smokes the herb. JEsUs sayve Us-ah.

[arsenalforever]

Or burn me while I'm buried. Can you imagine, hot fiya coming from the ground?! The devil, the devil is coming! Praise Jesus, the devil is coming to burn us for owah sinSss! Repent. He hars risen and he smokes the herb. JEsUs sayve Us-ah.

The good Doctor would hit them with a tab of acid make the pain go away:hugesmile:

[Tom4784]

What a cantankorous old *****. If people want pop music played at their funeral then why not? It's the final time something will be all about them so they should be allowed to have it how they want it. The customer is always right after all.

[Dr.Gonzo]

What a cantankorous old *****. If people want pop music played at their funeral then why not? It's the final time something will be all about them so they should be allowed to have it how they want it. The customer is always right after all.


Yes. Even when the customer is dead :joker:

[Niamh.]

:joker: do you think the hubby bury you alive Niamh?:joker:

Not on purpose I hope!:joker:

[arsenalforever]

Not on purpose I hope!:joker:

:joker:

[Tom4784]

Yes. Even when the customer is dead :joker:

:laugh: indeed.

[Crimson Dynamo]

What a cantankorous old *****. If people want pop music played at their funeral then why not? It's the final time something will be all about them so they should be allowed to have it how they want it. The customer is always right after all.

and there in lies your and their mistake. You are not a customer and it is not like booking a dj for a friends reunited reunion.

if you try and understand what a Christian funeral is and entails then you can see the chap's point without resorting to name calling.

imagine what it may be like to do 3-4 funerals per week, see all the sorrow etc . Most people do 3-4 in a lifetime.

[Scarlett.]

I'm going to have Rock DJ played at my funeral, then rise from the dead and begin pulling my skin of while all da women skate around meh


Helllls yeah

[Prole]

The answer is, boycott the joyless, miserable, mealy-mouthed Christian service, and have a Humanist service, or a Pagan service. Something that's a bit of a celebration of the person's life rather than a ceremony where a miserable old sod can refuse you a song that might comfort you, but allow you to have a 200 year old durge about burning in hell and being a hopeless sinner.

[Crimson Dynamo]

The answer is, boycott the joyless, miserable, mealy-mouthed Christian service, and have a Humanist service, or a Pagan service. Something that's a bit of a celebration of the person's life rather than a ceremony where a miserable old sod can refuse you a song that might comfort you, but allow you to have a 200 year old durge about burning in hell and being a hopeless sinner.

lol at all you lot who think this is something that you pick like a venue for a LG&T monthly beano

:elephant::elephant::elephant:

[Prole]

lol at all you lot who think this is something that you pick like a venue for a LG&T monthly beano

:elephant::elephant::elephant:

LOL at you people who think you have the monopoly on both grief and good taste.

And LOL at those who cannot express themselves without emoticons.

http://http://www.humanism.org.uk/ceremonies/humanist-funerals-memorials

[Tom4784]

and there in lies your and their mistake. You are not a customer and it is not like booking a dj for a friends reunited reunion.

if you try and understand what a Christian funeral is and entails then you can see the chap's point without resorting to name calling.

imagine what it may be like to do 3-4 funerals per week, see all the sorrow etc . Most people do 3-4 in a lifetime.

Money exchanges hands does it not? People pay to have a funeral in a church correct? Then they have the right to decide how the service goes. This vicar's policy will probably end up being reversed by his superiors since it will dent into the church's profit.

If he can't cope with so many funerals then perhaps he should look at another job since they kind of come with the territory.

[Tom4784]

lol at all you lot who think this is something that you pick like a venue for a LG&T monthly beano

:elephant::elephant::elephant:

What makes you think just because you're christian you know better then everyone else? How people decide to have their funeral is their business, there is no right or wrong way of doing it.

[Dr.Gonzo]

And the Lord said, 'Noah_87, you have sinned lol!1 You used to be thy m8, but now i shall punish thee with ownage..... :D'