Vicar embarassed by non religious funerals
source: http://www.metro.co.uk/news/article.html?Tina_Turner_makes_vicar_feel_like_a_lemon&in_articl...
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A vicar has said he feels like 'a lemon' at funeral services when mourners listen to Tina Turner and bad poetry as a loved one is cremated.
Father Ed Tomlinson, of St Barnabas' Church, said he feared that his presence at funerals was 'pointless'.
'Many families I have conducted funerals for have absolutely no desire for any Christian content whatsoever,' he wrote on his blog.
'I have then stood at the crem like a lemon, wondering why on earth I am present at the funeral of somebody led in by the tunes of Tina Turner.
'What is the point of my being present if spiritually unwanted?'
Those who chose a non-religious ceremony were conned by 'humanists' making money from death, he said (Because the church never makes money from funerals right?)
He added: 'I still have the gorgeous liturgy of the requiem mass to look forward to. Whereas the best our secularist friends can hope for is a poem from Nan combined with a saccharine message from a pop star before being popped in the oven with no hope of resurrection.'
But the Tunbridge Wells vicar was criticised for being insensitive.
ooer what would god say? and if god isnt happy with Tina Turner playing at a funeral then would he be happy about a man of god having a blog?
Father Ed Tomlinson, of St Barnabas' Church, said he feared that his presence at funerals was 'pointless'.
'Many families I have conducted funerals for have absolutely no desire for any Christian content whatsoever,' he wrote on his blog.
'I have then stood at the crem like a lemon, wondering why on earth I am present at the funeral of somebody led in by the tunes of Tina Turner.
'What is the point of my being present if spiritually unwanted?'
Those who chose a non-religious ceremony were conned by 'humanists' making money from death, he said (Because the church never makes money from funerals right?)
He added: 'I still have the gorgeous liturgy of the requiem mass to look forward to. Whereas the best our secularist friends can hope for is a poem from Nan combined with a saccharine message from a pop star before being popped in the oven with no hope of resurrection.'
But the Tunbridge Wells vicar was criticised for being insensitive.
ooer what would god say? and if god isnt happy with Tina Turner playing at a funeral then would he be happy about a man of god having a blog?
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richjm
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I read this article this morning and it really annoyed me.
A lot of people probably don't know they don't have to have a vicar at their relative's funeral if they're not massively religious so opt to have one.
It's not the vicar's place to judge how anybody wants to send off a loved one and why on earth would he take the mickey out of a poem from somebody's nan? I'd much rather have a nice sentiment from a family member than an irrelevant superstitious story from a complete stranger who didn't even want to be there.
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richjm
