Morals, Conscience and Hypocrisy - where do we draw the line ?
A discussion on a writer's forum has me thinking. A comment I made appears to be at odds with a number of views, so here I state my case. I think that attending a religious funeral, singing hymns and praying whilst having no religious beliefs yourself, is acting hypocritically. I would feel a hypocrite by attending a religious funeral where my own beliefs were different to the general belief of the deceased and the other attenders - whether that was Christian, Muslim, Humanist, Creationist, Hindu or any other religion that has a name to it. I was brought up within the beliefs and attitudes of the Methodist Church. My father was a local preacher and played the organ for weddings, funerals, christenings and Sunday services from around the age of twenty. He wrote and illustrated books on Methodism and the history of his local circuit. My mother I was brought up within the beliefs and attitudes of the Methodist Church. My father was a local preacher and played the org...
