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[[File:Giles Frasier.jpg|thumbnail|270px|right|Giles Frasier]]

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British Reverend Giles Fraser, on [[Secular humanism|secular]] funerals, article in ''The Guardian'':

British Reverend Giles Fraser, on [[Secular humanism|secular]] funerals, article in ''The Guardian'':

== Religious aspects of the funeral of atheist Christopher Hitchens ==

== Religious aspects of the funeral of atheist Christopher Hitchens ==

[[Image:Peter_Hitchens.jpg|right|thumb|250px|[[Peter Hitchens]], Christopher Hitchens' brother, read from the [[Saint Paul|Apostle Paul]] on hope, at atheist [[Christopher Hitchens]]' funeral. ]]

[[Image:Peter_Hitchens.jpg|right|thumb|200px|[[Peter Hitchens]], Christopher Hitchens' brother, read from the [[Saint Paul|Apostle Paul]] on hope, at atheist [[Christopher Hitchens]]' funeral. ]]

Below is a description of the funeral of [[New Atheism|new atheist]] [[Christopher Hitchens]] given by the Canadian newspaper ''The Globe and Mail'':  

Below is a description of the funeral of [[New Atheism|new atheist]] [[Christopher Hitchens]] given by the Canadian newspaper ''The Globe and Mail'':  

{{cquote|[[Religion]] was present, too. That was the most interesting part. [[Peter Hitchens|Hitch’s brother]] read from St. Paul, on hope. [[Francis Collins]], a devout Christian and former head scientist the Human Genome Project, admitted he was better at piano than speech. So he played a composition of his own, which he said was what his final conversation with Hitch had sounded like. They had spoken of an experimental gene therapy for cancer. Hitch had participated as a test subject, even though the protocol had come too late to save him. (He wanted to help.) Though he didn’t dwell on it, Mr. Collins suggested that the beautiful music came from God. Plainly, atheist funerals don’t mean exclusion of the faithful living.

{{cquote|[[Religion]] was present, too. That was the most interesting part. [[Peter Hitchens|Hitch’s brother]] read from St. Paul, on hope. [[Francis Collins]], a devout Christian and former head scientist the Human Genome Project, admitted he was better at piano than speech. So he played a composition of his own, which he said was what his final conversation with Hitch had sounded like. They had spoken of an experimental gene therapy for cancer. Hitch had participated as a test subject, even though the protocol had come too late to save him. (He wanted to help.) Though he didn’t dwell on it, Mr. Collins suggested that the beautiful music came from God. Plainly, atheist funerals don’t mean exclusion of the faithful living.