I was thinking of this after the Noon news was replaced by live coverage of the funeral of a Philadelphia cop recently killed in the line of duty. It was a Catholic funeral - apparently Catholic funerals focus on Jesus rather than the person who actually died and include things like puting different cloths over the casket and sprinkling it with holy water. To me this is just as silly as sacraficing goats or puting curses on people. I might not understand never having been particularly religious - but is it just me or is religion just plain fucking weird?