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Marriage and death.

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YesIAMJames

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arg-fallbackName="YesIAMJames"/>
Been thinking about these issues a lot recently.

What do you want to happen at your funeral?

If you chose to get married, do you have any particular plans?
 
arg-fallbackName="RichardMNixon"/>
My friends and family don't love my sack of meat, she loves me. I plan to be donated for organ transplants and scientific research.
 
arg-fallbackName="Aught3"/>
Is this a drop-by and lie question?

I think it's worth it to find secular alternatives if you don't believe in any particular religion. Creating a demand will hopefully mean more options for future generations. It's sad that various members of the atheist community haven't gotten together to do something about this issue. Humanist celebrants are about the only alternative I can think of.

And funeral: I don't care that's for those left behind.
 
arg-fallbackName="borrofburi"/>
Marriage: I don't really care for ceremony, but my family does, and I imagine her family does (and she might), so something, but religion not allowed.

Death: whatever is cheapest. I see the romantic appeal in having ashes scattered, and I see the use of being donated to science... I once thought that perhaps the bets way was to *require* that I be immolated and that some time, highly preferably within a year, my family choose to literally "let go" of me; I thought maybe it'd be a nice solid symbolic transition from grieving to repair.
 
arg-fallbackName="lrkun"/>
When I die, I don't want anyone to mourn. I want everyone to continue with their daily lives and fulfill their dreams without wasting their time in reminiscing the past.

When I get married, I want to have a simple life with my partner, where we can both spend time and raise the kids.
 
arg-fallbackName="Andiferous"/>
Marriage I now question.

I want an Irish-wake style funeral with much drinking and celebration. As Aught3 pointed out; funerals are for the survivors.
 
arg-fallbackName="FaithlessThinker"/>
Irish wake seems a very religious and superstitious ceremony.

My marriage is already done. We had a small and simple legal marriage with no religious overtones, although my wife added some cultural touch.

I essentially don't care about what happens after I die because I wouldn't exist beyond death anyway. But I may consider signing up for organ donation or research donation if opportunities arise.
 
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anon1986sing said:
Irish wake seems a very religious and superstitious ceremony..
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How do you mean?

Also, keep in mind that I'm dead, so I won't care much. ;)
 
arg-fallbackName="DeusExNihilum"/>
Probably would get married, though Obviously not in a Church of Lies. Might be able to snub all the superstitious, religious garbage...but I can't exactly snub the Tax breaks and other benefits.

Funeral Is none of my concern; Funerals are for the living, not the dead. My body is going to science/organ donation, though I'd prefer the former over the latter. That being said, I will be making it known that I don't want any religious anything anywhere near any funeral, No Christian Priest fuck-nugget is claiming me as one of theirs when I'm dead. They did that to my Granddad and i'm sure as shit not letting them do that to me.
 
arg-fallbackName="TheFlyingBastard"/>
Marriage: Not gonna happen. Too much bullshit with too little payoff. If the need should arise that it will happen, just signing the docs and drinks at my place for those who need to celebrate. But it won't continue deep into the night because I have work in the morning.

Death: I want people to cut out my usable organs, give my lungs to someone who needs them and who did not smoke and whatever is left can be burned or fed to the dogs for all care.

I'm not a very romantic person.
 
arg-fallbackName="Giliell"/>
Marriage: Been there, done that. Just went to the register office.
It was actually fun because the woman who did it wasn't just very boring, she was also not able to set the CD to song number 8. I wanted to get married to "Fields of Gold". I got married to "Message in a Bottle". Yeah, I send an SOS to the world. I had a hard time not falling off the chair lauging.
Afterwards we had a nice celebration with our families. Nothing posh, but very much "us".

Funeral: I've been to quite some atheist funerals and they were generally OK. I want Peer Gynt "In the Hall of the Mountain King" played.
They can take out what use is keft in my body before, but I think that a funeral is important. Not for the deceased, obviously, but for the family, to have a kind of farewell that gives them the possibility to move on.
 
arg-fallbackName="ImprobableJoe"/>
YesIAMJames said:
Been thinking about these issues a lot recently.

What do you want to happen at your funeral?

If you chose to get married, do you have any particular plans?
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Wait... since I'm married, should it somehow change my funeral plans? Is that what you're asking? :shock:

My wife and I are donating our organs and corpses to science. I don't think either of us cares what happens to the bodies, and whoever outlives the other can have whatever sort of funeral they want... probably on a Caribbean island. :)
 
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