Are there any songs, poems, verses, non-liturgical dances, quotes, etc you want at your Atheist funeral service?
Want any particular words spoken?
Do you want the Atheist symbol on your tomb stone or cremation jar?
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aaaaaaaaand Thank you Blue!
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I expect to be quietly swept under the rug when I die.
Wow. I didn’t even know I was dead yet. It doesn’t feel much different. How long have I been gone, Billy?
i chose this song, and someone wrote use it for Christopher Hitchens
I want a discount
I kinda like the idea of being cremated, so as not wanting to be an expensive burden on the living, and ruin lots of good farm land for all of time. Conventional cemeterys tie up a lot of land.
Yet I would like a tombstone. Hunter S Thomson’s ashes were shot out of a cannon. Good for him, he was more into guns than I and his works will remain.
I would like a tombstone. But I should get a discount. I don’t want much. Perhaps a 6x6 inch brick on a walkway of the unfamous and not rich, or at least cheap sorta. On my stone it will say:
Here lies the remains of our ex friend called Matt,
burned to a crisp, so he could fit in a hat.
His plot is quite small.
but now he’s not very tall.
But he’s gone now and that’s that.
Aren’t tombstones and cremation jars theist things?
apparently not
Theist belief is about trust in the truth of old writings. I have none of that. Wanting to be , after death, a brick in a wall, or pathway, is kinda different. I have always enjoyed visiting old abandoned cemeterys. I just don’t want to take up so much space.
Will I notice or take pleasure in my tiny brick after I am dead ? I have no idea.
Clearly, cemeterys give some pleasure to the living, or they would not be made.
I sorta like the old, over grown abandoned ones. I just like being there, even though I am not a theist.
This thread is about planning your funeral. You have to be alive for that. Then you have to die hoping that someone will carry out your wishes…
I would think a cremation jar to be kind of necessary/functional. You’ve got to put the ashes in something, right? Then you can attach to that vessel whatever meaning works for you. For tombstones, I guess it depends on whether you want people to know where you’re buried. I guess you could request to be buried without a marker, but that seems kind of silly.
Here are my post-mortem instructions:
- Cut out any usable parts, if any (registered donor)
- Burn the rest
- Have a party
- If necessary, hunt down whoever killed me. But I much prefer to die at an age past 100, at which time hopefully nobody will want to kill me…
Do whatever you want with the ashes. Funerals are for the living; the dead might be watching, but they otherwise aren’t there. The best funerals/memorial services I’ve been to were celebrations of the person’s life. At Bill Jenack’s, there were performances by people who did the things Bill was into, and it was really fun. Bill Jenack is the original guy responsible for all of us getting in touch with each other. He founded the Unicycling Society of America, among other things.
Meh. Registered donor, friends have instructions to burn me then plant me under a tree or whatever, and they can handle whatever ceremony/celebration they want to hold on their own when the time comes.
You used to be fun. When did you become such a spoil-sport?
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Can we invite an Evangelical preacher to lead the ceremony?
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By the way, your ashes might kill the tree. Wood ash contains trace amounts of heavy metals such as lead, cadmium, nickel and chromium also may be present. Wood ash does not contain nitrogen, which the tree needs.
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Because wood ash increases soil pH, adding large amounts can do more harm than good.
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Wood ash should never be used on acid-loving plants.
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The best thing with wood ash is to use it sparingly, and test your soil pH regularly to make sure you are not causing any problems.
TOM WAITS
“Dirt In The Ground”
(Tom Waits/K. Brennan)
Send “Dirt In The Ground” Ringtone to your Cell
What does it matter, a dream of love
Or a dream of lies
We’re all gonna be in the same place
When we die
Your spirit don’t leave knowing
Your face or your name
And the wind through your bones
Is all that remains
And we’re all gonna be
We’re all gonna be
Just dirt in the ground
The quill from a buzzard
The blood writes the word
I want to know am I the sky
Or a bird
'Cause hell is boiling over
And heaven is full
We’re chained to the world
And we all gotta pull
And we’re all gonna be
Just dirt in the ground
Now the killer was smiling
With nerves made of stone
He climbed the stairs
And the gallows groaned
And the people’s hearts were pounding
They were throbbing, they were red
As he swung out ofver the crowd
I heard the hangman said
We’re all gonna be
Just dirt in the ground
Now Cain slew Abel
He killed him with a stone
The sky cracked open
And the thunder groaned
Along a river of flesh
Can these dry bones live?
Ask a king or a beggar
And the answer they’ll give
Is we’re all gonna be
Yea yeah
We’re all gonna be just
Dirt in the ground
Sure! I have no problem with that.
Just don’t give my estate to the Salvation Army. Find an actual charity instead or keep it for yourself
The Salvation Army is evil, man. Evil.
Wood ash != human ash.
Also, http://bluedepartures.villagememorial.com/benefits.html
Morris dancers, dancing Laudnum Bunches (Headington), The Valentine (Fieldtown), and The Blessing (Ilmington style - I “wrote” it).
A dixieland jazz band playing “Didn’t he ramble.”
I want a band leader who pace walks with a big ribbon
I don’t think I could afford Pete Fountain.
Paul Barbarin, the dead guy in the vid above is…was
He was famous for creating the song. “Bourbon street parade”.
Perhaps the last classical “dixieland jazz” song written. No one seems to know why, but there have not been any new dixieland jazz classics created after him, so if you go to New Orleans (french quarter), they always play these same old classics. He created this one.
watch this “band show down”
There are rules in New Orleans Jazz. Two bands play the same classic, Bourbon street parade. They all respect the pass to the next sole featured player.
a funeral is not concerning the dead person but those who are left behind.
So I don’t care: whatever can help alleviate their grief is good.
I sure would prefer the idea of brassband playing and good food and wine but I won’t be there anymore to appreciate that: so to those remaining please do whatever you will feel appropriate. if you feel like praying at a stubborn atheist’s funeral please do it (I won’t mind -no mind left you know-)