by joe134cd 16 Replies latest jw experiences
I've attended several wt funerals and heard some kind of griping from friends at each one of them, that it was hard to have to spend MORE of their day off free time to go to another meeting. I made it well known that neither my husband or I would have any memorial service. Then was criticized for THAT! Because our deaths should be used to give a witness to non believing relatives and acquaintances!
Marina
hahahahahahaha talk about not seeing the forest for the trees! seriously auntie.....omg
My uncle gave my father's JW funeral talk. I was so glad we went with family. They were close friends at Bethel and married sisters. We often did family things together. My father was summarized in about three sentences. I don't think I was mentioned. Were it not my uncle giving the talk, I would have walked out. It was very disrespectful. My father would have wanted the Witness part included. He had so much service adventures with the Witnesses. I wonder if my uncle ever attended a normal funeral. Relatives were furious.
Oh, it is funny. We all don't see what we do.
I didn't grow up as a witnesses
in the church I attended the dead truly had thier day
One abusive husband who died was spoke so well of
the wife had to ask who was the pastor talkin' bout
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Interesting OP Joe! Very revealing!
When my uncle who was an on-again/off-again Witness died several years ago, family vexed over whether to request a kingdom hall memorial service for him. Almost as if anticipating that the answer would be "No he can't", they opted for a service at a funeral home conducted by family members.
Almost spontaneosly, his many JW relatives offered heartfelt spoken "messages" from the stage one after the other about him. It was tremendously moving and was easily one of the nicest funerals I have ever attended.
A short time after his funeral, one of my JW aunts was speaking to other JW friends - yet again - about how well the family got together to arrange and deliver my deceased uncle's memorial service. She said, "It was one of the most meaningful services I've ever been to." However, she got a lot of "dirty looks" from the other JWs who heard her and, awkward pauses later added "...oh, what I meant was it was one of the most meaningful services held in a funeral home."
Yeah, right, aunty. We understand exactly what you meant.
Amen to that Steve amen.But what really amazes me is, just how blind my Aunt was to have not realised that the exact same thing goes on with a JW funeral service. I'm just finding it so hard to keep my mouth shut, to avoid getting accused of apostasy. But I'm beginning to think perhaps this could be a good thing.
Amen to that Steve amen.But what really amazes me is, just how blind my Aunt was to have not realised that the exact same thing goes on with a JW funeral service. I'm just finding it so hard to keep my mouth shut, to avoid getting accused of apostasy. But I'm beginning to think perhaps this could be a good thing.
