Read some responses of those that attended a jw funeral talk........ (page 3)

streets76

I have never been to a JW funeral. I was raised a JW, but was never baptized, and faded about 20 years ago. My mother is a JW and my older brother is a JW. If either of them go before I do, I will definitely insist on speaking at the funeral, as a rebuttal to whatever borg stuff is spewed. Not looking forward to that day.

upside/down

I was at one...and the ~~asshole~~ brother actually compared the deceased to roadkill...no shit!

I was so embarassed to be a Dub...He said it was to "shock" all the worldly people in attendance as to the real condition of the dead....

They are their own worst enemy...by far!

u/d

Cabin in the woods

Are we not told that we are not to celebrate the birth but rather the death as that is when we can look back and analize the life and see the type of person they were and their deeds?

Cab.

calico

Luna2--You had a son that died? I am so sorry for you.

Calico

Stress Free

Yes how sad but yet so true, most JDub funerals are just a recruitment drive. In reality they are just a Sunday public talk disguised as a so called funeral talk. They are so cold and impersonal it makes you sick. They offer this wonderful hope of seeing the person again when they are resurrected in a few hundred years time, but wait there is a catch! For those non jw's in attendance the speaker virtually bribes them by saying that if you would like to see the deceased again you will have to do all of the following, attend five meetings a week, spend your life preaching from door to door and hand your life and money over to the wtbts. If you are a jbub in attendance the bribe is that you will need to do more of the above and then maybe, yes just maybe, you will survive armageddon and witness the resurrection. And then after hearing all that we are suppose to feel all better and consoled, yeah right!

jwfacts

The last time i stepped into a KH was for a funeral talk and i was so upset by it. The person was mentioned only about 4 times, and in each occasion it was basically to say that she would have agreed with the 45 minutes of Watchtower doctrine being spewed from the platform. There was almost nothing about what a wonderful person she was.

ozziepost

Ozzie..You don't have to be a Christian to celebrate a person's life. Christianity has nothing to do with a good send-off.

Maybe so, but that's not the point at issue; rather that the dubs claim that being the "true christians™" this is the way it should be done. Therefore I'm drawing a comparison between so-called 'christian' funerals.

ozziepost

jwfacts: He musta gone overtime - the outline says "The talk need not exceed 30 minutes."!!

Mary/kid-A: You may be interested in this extract from the Funeral Discourse outline (Form S-32) of November 1990 as an example of the Society's instructions to speakers:

Note: Instead of eulogizing the deceased, use the material in this outline to give a fine witness concerning the truth. Good balance should be observed in this respect. Doctrinal points can be presented as beliefs of the deceased, which served as motivation for him. Purpose of talk is to uphold Jehovah God as a God of love and mercy and at the same time bring comfort to the bereaved.........A brief prayer at the close is fitting.

Mary

Oh my God Ozzie!! That is DISGUSTING!!! What a bunch of PIGS!! Any chance you could scan that form and post it here?

Carmel

I walked out of my brothers JW funeral. Couldn't stomach the recruiting crap. But then I was already df'd so no one gave a rat's patootie!

carm

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