Is a house of God the place to humiliate and ridicule someone, especially at a funeral?
111451
No.  But some people self-centered and look at everything as nothing more than a chance to focus on themselves and a photo-op and sound bites.
489956
Church is the place where people in formal cloth do a brainwash to a foolish people\nhttp://wade3.jeeran.com/How.htm
1136298
I find it very offensive.  Mainly because no one has a right to invade your home and your privacy to impress upon you their personal beliefs.\nI think if a person is truly interested, they will attend the place of worship of a given religion,\nnot bring the religion to a persons home.
904713
No.  Only if the prayers were sacreligious or disrespectful.  God is your Father, talk to Him as such.
1071370
any image of God is a gross violation of God's Law....hence regardless of how aesthetically pleasing it might be....it is a horrible thing
725019
Well you certainly aren't going to win anything political for asking such a disrespectful question.  It's one thing to disagree with his life, but it is very different once you insult him in death.
780339
I think it's meaningless more than insulting. You might as well tell the Christians that they broke a rule from one of those obscure African religions.\n\nEdit: Thanks, Handy.
1019697
You can get some inspiration from "Four Weddings and a Funeral" as well. I think it is not disrespectful to remember the endearing funny episodes of somebody's life, especially if he/she had a good public sense of humour. I'd want my funeral to be a happy party for all my friends and family.
1117337
I think that in some churches evil lurkes or is drawn there, afterall it is a building used to house anti-demonic rituals, what a great place to mock the followers of christ or to instill evil, deceipt, betrayal, false hopes, lies, and the writings of deciples and saints who had dreams and visions of there own unreality. Of coarse priest that pray on innocent boys and propigate the worse kinds of sins against humainty are evil and have bben taken by the dark side either by will or by folly.
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Hollywood, the Media, and "immature heavy metal death bands" have given folks reason to think it MAY be offensive in some way, be a sign of satan or some such demon, etc. \n\nThe Constitution of the United States guarantees freedom of religion and if someone wants to worship whatever, should be not only allowed to but should be respected in that, as long as we aren't talking human sacrifice, etc. Hell, I grew up in New Orleans and had a Voodoo priest next door and respected his right.\n\nCheck out my link. It's all the "approved" VA gravestone markers. I learned something here today!
465212
A lot of what is in the world is often brought inside the Lord's house. Although God emphasized that His house should be a house of prayer not gossip and slander, this is often the case. Even in the most anointed, closely knit congregations you would still find gossips and busybodies, people eager to get into your business instead of minding there own. The solution, pray against it. My church often prays against gossip and slander against the body and God either corrects them or removes them from His house of worship. God hates division in His house. When someone speaks a negative word or a "he said, she said" word to you, take it to the Lord and end it there. Who wants to come to church to be talked about, slandered and have nosey people in your face while you are seeking God's face. Church is always suppose to be about Jesus, not about us so that those who are lost and truly seeking God will be encouraged and edified and lifted up, not put down. We supposed to be building up each other, not putting one another down. Christ is the "glory and the lifter of our heads."
297993
Proper??? I should say not!!! It is not anything but rude and disgusting. I am very sorry for your situation and you will be in my prayers.
128517
You would be in the "House of God". It is where you pray and talk with God. Very sacred.
456601
Yes, it is a curse upon the parent for all their sins. You see, Pat Robertson is watching us all, and when he is displeased with you, he asks God for one of two things: to send a hurricane your way, or to curse you with gay children. Repent now or forever be shamed!
988893
One can deduce that such places exists by logic.\nConsider two twin brothers. One is a killer, rapist and a thoroughly bad human being. The other is caring and strive for the betterment of human society. He respects others and do whatever he can to make them happy. Lets say the former{the bad twin} became rich by robing and killing while the other remained poor because he was unwilling to harm anyone. Do they both deserve to parish after death in the same way? If there is a GOD and he is just than this is impossible so there must be some reward or punishment after death!
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PLEASE, right now you are going overboard. It's not nice to be insulted, and I simpathize. But best thing to do now is ignore those writing bad comments. If you stopped fighting back(I know it's hard) it would show these people that you have self-control, and that you're a mature Christian that leans on God and doesn't get taken in with these questions. Please, please stop this foolish fighting, if GypseyQueen reads this, please just agree to disagree stop antagonizing each other!
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I'm concerned that you're mistaking criticism for "bashing." While a certain amount of over-the-top, nasty criticism (actual bashing) does happen here, it's not as ubiquitous as some people would have you believe. Also, the Internet is not exactly a place for the thin-skinned to comfortably hang out. People feel that anonymity gives them license to say things that they otherwise would not.\n\nThe fact is that there are plenty of atheists here who are more than happy to respectfully debate whatever you would like (myself included.) \n\nSo, anything you'd like to discuss, send me a message and I'd be happy to get back to you.