How do you feel when you go to a funeral of a friend or family member who does not know Jesus?

i have done that before, it was my dads friend who was also a good friend of everyone in my family.

It was really hard but all I could say was sorry for your loss.

You can just be respectful, praise the deceased if you knew them well enough and take your seat.

Religion is a very personal thing and it would be tremendously rude of anyone to imply that they didn't think the bereaved's loved one met any and all requirements for the afterlife.

Christianity may be evangelical, that is, a call to bring its doctrine to the world, but that doesn't give its adherents license to cause others pain with its version of "the truth of Jesus."

That's what I call being "church rude." It has no place anywhere in polite society.

I feel glad to be around rational people.

In Judaism, sheol, which means grave, also means question. We don't know what happens when people die, besides the obvious, they die.

It is translated as hell in the christian version, called 'old' testament, but that is the mythological hades, and not at all the intended meaning.

The mythological jesus is a lot like adonis, mithra, krishna, zoroaster, among others. It is forbidden in Judaism, but you know Jewish scripture better, right?

I've never been to one that someone wasnt corrupted by the Christian faith. So in other words, I've not known anyone who thinks logically about it and so all the funerals I've been to have been for Christians and all of those people, according to their weird beliefs, are in a magical place in heaven.

For me, when I go to a funeral like this, I think of how much of their life was completely wasted trying to live their life for an invisible sky daddy. So I feel very sad. Sad that these people were mislead so easily by what appears to most normal thinking people as a childs story intending to scare people in to being good little boys and girls and do as their told.

If I ever get the honor of attending a funderal of someone who didnt "know jesus" , I'll feel happy and joyous because THAT person knew the truth and he lived probably for each day and not for someone that didnt exist.

Sorry if this offends. Just my opinion.

The same as any funeral I go to. What has "knowing Jesus" got to do with it? Not a thing. When I am at a funeral I think of the person that has died, the good times we've had together and that I will miss them. Their religion or relationship with the mythical Jesus doesn't come in play what-so-ever.

it just chrushes you does it?

did you eever think they might be very happy where they are gone

thats if there is an afterlife

or did you ever think that you could be wrong

that there is no god

Of course it is sad, it has nothing to do with Jesus.

You should be thankful that they sat there through the service without screaming out GOD IS FAKE!

They certainly have quite a lot of respect to shut their mouths while some crazy man rants on.

Why does it crush you knowing that your friend was a sane, rational thinker? You shouldn't feel bad because they don't believe in that stupid fairy tale that you do...

THAN, not then... those are entirely different words, please learn them! Thanks!

How do I feel? I feel that there is at least one other person there who is sane.