Quote Originally Posted by Cheery Cherry
My grandfather passed away this morning. He's been sick for a long time and he's been in and out of the hospital for the past several months so the news wasn't a shock. He's finally free from pain. I was supposed to move into the new house today but I have to wait until tomorrow, which isn't really a problem.

My grandfather had 8 children (ages 29 - 55 years old) with a woman he was married to for over 55 years. My grandparents raised their children catholic and we all went to church on Sundays. Two of their sons do not want to attend their father's funeral because grandma is having a Christian ceremony, as expected. Everyone is pissed off at them and couldn't believe that they would put religious differences above respect and love for their father.

I am having a difficult time understanding this. How can people think like this? What kind of people would refuse to attend a funeral just because they do not agree with the type of ceremony being held? I mean it is shocking to me because they are, or I thought they were such cool people. I really respected them.
Wow, I'm sorry it happened that way. Ceremonies honoring a recently deceased person is done in a certain way usually based on that person recently deceased, out of respect of that person. People attend out of respect for the person deceased and/or those close to the person deceased. The religion does not have to do with those attending. Someone should not choose to miss it because it is done in a certain religion. That really pisses me off, I'm so sorry that happened to you.

That's like someone leaving the US for 8 years because they don't like George W. Bush as president. There are so many people who hate him, but they're not leaving because of him. The country is the focus, not him.

If someone close to me passed away, and the funeral was held in a Protesant church done however Protestants do their thing, I would still go. Some people need to learn how to be more respectful and tolerant.

And I'm sorry again about what happened, and I'm sorry about your Grandfather's passing.
AR15 Reviewed by AR15 on . Death - People's Opinion on the Ceremony My grandfather passed away this morning. He's been sick for a long time and he's been in and out of the hospital for the past several months so the news wasn't a shock. He's finally free from pain. I was supposed to move into the new house today but I have to wait until tomorrow, which isn't really a problem. My grandfather had 8 children (ages 29 - 55 years old) with a woman he was married to for over 55 years. My grandparents raised their children catholic and we all went to church on Rating: 5