It's becoming quite trendy in the UK for JW's to attend funerals when there is no body there.
I mean it folks, literally no body - no corpse, no coffin / casket call it what you will.
Before my own father died some years back, he and some of his witness friends left instructions that, when they died, their body was to be quietly disposed of by the undertakers, preferably by cremation, with no-one else present.
And that's what happened. My father died one Tuesday morning and by Saturday he had been cremated. On Saturday afternoon there was a JW meeting that mentioned him briefly and then lots of enthusiastic pro-witness stuff that totally bewildered the non-dub relatives that were present. Being DF'd, kid brother and I were totally ignored at this "half 'n half" funeral without a body. Since then this type of "funeral" has become very common place in the UK, many JW's think that it is much less morbid.
Now I gotta tell you Dubs that this is a very unsatisfactory way to say goodby to your loved ones! No closure, and Dubs dont shed tears because its only a temporary parting, right? Wrong!
I'd be interested to know if anyone else has attended some weird witness funerals. Oh yes, when I die I want lots of flowers and Verdi's Va Pensiero being performed by the Royal Opera before my being interred in Westminster Abbey. I dont intend to go anywhere quietly!
Englishman.
..... fanaticism masquerading beneath a cloak of reasoned logic.