VERSION|0.5.1|NAME|Broga|DATE|1359806113|CONTENT|@Matt Westwood:  I had the same reaction.  But then I feel tha same way about so many of them.

Sorry about your sick mother.  I understand the problem with Christian relatives. My late mother was an atheist.  However, we had a very devout Christian relative, a cousin, outraged because my mother insisted on a Humanist funeral.  I was accused of, &quot;Twisting your mother to your way of thinking.  You should be ashamed of yourself.&quot;  

In fact, although my mother had been an atheist for decades she had been exposed to atheism by me and I did worry in case she might want to revert to her earlier beliefs and I was getting in the way.  The exchange on this with my mother was quite funny although she was nearing death and knew it.  I asked if she might want a Minister and religious funeral as we had all grown up in the Church of Scotland.  The reply was, &quot;I do not and if you put me in a church or bring a Minister near me I&#039;ll come back and haunt you.&quot;

I relayed this to my religious cousin who clearly regarded me as a liar.  She did not believe anyone would &quot;turn their face away from God&quot; except, of course, a rabid atheist,(and by that fact evil) such as myself.  The cousin did not come to the well attended funeral.      |EMAIL|denis.watkins1@virgin.net|IP-ADDRESS|82.26.169.9|MODERATIONFLAG|