This last weekend I went back home to bury a very close family friend. She died because of drugs. It was a Catholic funeral and if you've ever been to one then you know just how miserable they are. It seemed most of the time was spent praising Jesus instead of talking about my friend. It's getting harder and harder to keep my mouth shut about such issues. Does anyone else have this problem?
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Feel free to reply to any comment by clicking the "Reply" button.I'm sorry for your loss, and from the point of view of the church that is the perfect time to spread their message, they have a captive audience. First it is a worship service, and second it is a funeral. I've actually heard that discussed at church. Weddings were the same way. Churches are in the business of keeping business coming in.
HippieChick58
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Mar 14, 2018
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I couldn't say it better
Most funerals in the south land are like that.
One even asserted that my partner's (at the time) aunt was in hell.
He should have been violently tackled.
@BufftonBeotch You're kind to only suggest tackling. I'd have wanted to boil his balls in oil. Sometimes preachers are just stupid. Well all humans are, but he's in a position where he is supposed to be comforting instead of judging and agitating.
Not only do they have a captive audience, but a vulnerable one.
My Dad's girlfriend passed away in January. The pastor wanted us to believe he and she were well acquainted yet he could not remember her name. He spent more time going on about God than getting any of the details of her life from his notes right. Even so probably not as bad as that Catholic funeral.
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Mar 14, 2018
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