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To: HairOfTheDog
Dog...

I have been to one such funeral. The minister painted such a saintly halo for the guy that I ran outside, to check the address to make sure I was at the right funeral. I laughed all the way home. He was trying to fool St. Peter or someone.

25 posted on 06/22/2002 7:44:51 AM PDT by cynicom
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To: cynicom
Well, at least the pastor gave you a laugh, and he didn't end up with a broken nose! I went to one too I suppose... The pastor did his best to say something good, and then they played a Led Zeppelin song. It fit ;~D

29 posted on 06/22/2002 7:50:55 AM PDT by HairOfTheDog
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To: cynicom
Orlando Bethel referred to him as a "drunkard and a fornicator."

The guy's kids were probably there, and while it is easy to laugh at something like this when it didn't happen to you, such a heartless assault on the memory of a loved one while grieving is despicable. Can you imagine what the kids at the funeral were thinking? Telling his grieving kids that he was in hell?

Even if we haven't a whit of compassion for the mourners, this behavior is in such apallingly bad taste as to boggle the mind.

I would sue for intentional infliction of emotional distress, as well as breach of agreement and/or fraud.

If the deceased is indeed in hell, we can be sure that he will be afflicted with the company of this "preacher" in due time.

37 posted on 06/22/2002 7:57:24 AM PDT by Yeti
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