Story out of Borlänge, Sweden:
A graveyard free of any religious symbols has been opened in Sweden to cater to the country’s growing number of atheists.
Josef Erdem, a teacher from Borlänge in central Sweden, first proposed the idea because he wanted people to “decide for themselves what their graves should look like."
The church will maintain the graveyard but that will be the extent of their involvement with the cemetery.
Mr Erdem told The Local: “People can decide for themselves what their graves should look like, but the cemetery will be free of all religious and nationalist symbols.
He stressed that people of faith were welcome to be buried there as well so long as they accepted that they could not have the marks of their religion on their headstone.
The cemetery, which is close to the local church, is currently empty but several locals have expressed an interest in being buried there.
76 percent of Swedish respondents are either “not religious” or “convinced atheists." Cont.
Story from - Independent
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