What would be so bad about standing at the podium at a funeral service and saying, “There is no god…”?
“…and there is no Heaven. If Jesus was real, he was just a man and his death achieved no more than this person’s death (pointing to the casket)”? Can you imagine the reaction you’d get from the grieving Christians? And what if there is a mixture of atheists and Christians in the crowd? Don’t the atheists in the crowd need someone to stand up and speak for them too?
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Depends on what the deceased believed and more importantly what his family thought. People may believe some weird stuff but pissing on bereaved people is the lowest of the low. That's what Fred Phelps does.
Why in the world would anyone want to disrespect the dead? If they are an atheist the family has already discussed with the official for the service on what and how they want acknowledged on behalf of their beloved. If a Christian the same applies. There is no need to go beyond the grave to insult the family at their time of grief
That doesn't sound like speaking for the atheists as much as it sounds like speaking against the christians. I'm not opposed to that, but there's a time and a place, and someone's funeral is neither. Assaulting people's religious beliefs at such a time is just unnecessarily cruel. We are supposed to be better than them, remember?
No. I've been to the funeral of a close friends brother. Her family is CofE and I definitely don't agree but it would be insanely callous of me to say anything then. They're already hurting...pissing them off at that time would do absolutely no good.
I think it depends on who died (whether God is real or not aside)
If they they were a Christian that is just plain rude.
If they were an atheist... I doubt it would matter much.
Be respectful of the dead... that is what funerals are for.
That would make you no better than the Christians who tell people that their loved ones are in Hell because the deceased was not a Christian. Or the ones who picket funerals. You really want to be like those asshats?
It depends on how much you want to burst peoples faith bubble at an emotionally unstable time. They are depending on their faith to help them get through their grief and you are telling them that grandma sue is gone and they will never see her again bc there is no next life. Ouch, that takes a cold hearted douche b@g!
It depends on what the person being buried wanted. Funerals should not be about prostelizing from either side.
Most would simply consider you a fool which probably doesn't bother you. Funerals are for people to pay repsects to those who have passed and comfort family and friends..obviously there would be better formats for promoting your foolishness.
Once again, it would only upset people... Why would you want to upset someone at such a emotional time in thier lives? Thats just being a jerk, not atheist.