[iowamark]

And then, he said, the family asked to have its own people officiate the service. "We had no control over the format of the memorial," Mr. Simons said.

A Christian service is supposed to be Christian, not pagan. It is unfortunate that, in so many American churches today, funerals are expected to be secular humanist worshiping of men rather than of God.

[texas booster]

Funerals for Christians are easy. We know where they are going.

Funerals for perverts are bad. We also know where they are going...

and don’t like that direction one bit.

[editor-surveyor]

"It is unfortunate that, in so many American churches today, funerals are expected to be secular humanist worshiping of men rather than of God."

That's pretty much the nature of funerals. Funerals are humanist. There is not one instance of a Christian funeral in the Bible; the Lord said "let the dead bury their dead."