Work Colleague Went To a JW Funeral - His Experience

by pale.emperor 25 Replies latest jw experiences

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  pale.emperor

  So the guy in my office on the desk next to me has just got back from the funeral of his wifes sister. This was his first time in a KH and full on exposure to JWdom.

  Bit of background: the deceased JW was not a born in, she was a convert when she was in her teens. She died last week at the age of 82. The poor old dear was still zealously knocking on doors while in ill health. I wont disrespect the poor woman, she was a victim of a vile cult that taken so many precious years from her, not to mention her time and energy when she should have been taking it easy in her old age.

  Anyway, so my colleague tells me, her will stated that she be buried rather than cremated due to "the resurrection". This is new to me, I was born in and never heard of this being a JW teaching.

  My colleague went to the KH and said:

  "I was surprised. It was more like a conference hall, i was expecting them to put a powerpoint presentation on the wall or something. They talked about her for about 5 minutes but even then it was about her being a JW. They didnt mention anything about her. The rest of it was talking about resurrection and loyalty. Which didn't seem to make sense. Loyalty?"

  Then he said the speaker said something shocking then quickly moved on. I asked what it was, he said "that her soul is dead now?". I explained about the JWs not believing in an immortal soul. Apparently this shocked/upset some of her never-JW relatives who's only comfort was that she was in a better place. Anyway, the elder quickly moved on.

  Back to the womans house for tea and buffet. He said he couldn't discern who the JWs were because he hadn't met most of her family before. Their introductions were very formal but they seemed nice enough. "However..." he laughed "...they did like to give me literature. I just took it to be polite".

  Then he takes from his pocket 5 JW.borg business cards, 2 leaflets about life after death and the latest Watchtower magazine.

  Really? At a funeral? Who brings literature to a funeral?
  
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  punkofnice

  82 years of age. Bless her. She certainly endured.

  It's sad that your friend had to go to a funeral...not the most jolly of things. I suppose the up side is that at least he saw first hand what a weirdo cult the jobos are. A JW funeral is what our cousins across the pond would call an 'infomercial'.

  Really? At a funeral? Who brings literature to a funeral?

  No prizes for that one....JOBOS!!!
  
  
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  Wake Me Up Before You Jo-Ho

  Fifty bucks says that the brother who eulogized her counted his time for the worldly people in attendance. Gotta report those hours to the mother ship. Even if it is over dead bodies.
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  ttdtt

  Pale - what state was that in?
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  punkofnice

  ttdtt - Me and Paley are in the UK. I would image it'll probably be in up north part of the UK.
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  pale.emperor

  Pale - what state was that in?

  ttdtt - Me and Paley are in the UK. I would image it'll probably be in up north part of the UK.

  The funeral would have been in the Formby area of the UK.
  
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  dozy

  The Society outline is here ( I assume it hasn't changed. )

  https://www.jehovahs-witness.com/topic/217409/here-funeral-talk-outline-very-discraceful

  The last few JW funerals I have been to haven't been quite so scripted - around here funerals can be very big family & social occasions with often lots of "wordly" friends & relatives there so the JW speaker ( and it tends to be the same half a dozen speakers who do funeral talks ) takes a bit more of a latitude and says a bit more about the deceased. Even so , funeral talks are usually pretty dire and most non-JWs who attend usually aren't especially impressed.
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  stuckinarut2

  Jw funerals are most disrespectful of the actual deceased person!

  It is simply a matter of "insert name where applicable", and proceed with the cult sales pitch to all in attendance.
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  Finkelstein

  JWs funerals are selling platforms to promote the JWS religion, they use someone's deaths as a means of exploitation ...... see there is death but we have an answer to this problem we offer every lasting life, care to find out how ? well start a study right away, the time to this offer is running out though.

  Then he takes from his pocket 5 JW.borg business cards, 2 leaflets about life after death and the latest Watchtower magazine.

  Really? At a funeral? Who brings literature to a funeral?

  Brainwashed JWS do, they essentially are sales representatives for the WTS and they are trained to take the appropriate time to push their religious beliefs.

  That's why you'll see a lot of smiling faces at JWS funerals with hand shakes, that selling smile will be everywhere, which at someone's death is bit disrespectful, egregious and corrupt.
  

  
  
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  OnTheWayOut

  Anyway, so my colleague tells me, her will stated that she be buried rather than cremated due to "the resurrection".

  My guess is your colleague heard it wrong or perhaps there was an inside joke in the congregation about this lady's thoughts on that. They teach that the body is nothing once you die.