Comment by quesera
On the topic of laughability, I would propose that "invoking a dead stranger's name in a self-significant ritual" is absurd to do, and also absurd to be offended by.
I hereby grant permission for my name to be invoked in all rituals, sacred and profane, by all current and future living persons. And I'll laugh at you in advance.
Que sera, sera
Whatever will be, will be
The future's not ours to see
Que sera, sera