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In reply to the discussion: Ever been to a funeral where the preacher screams at the bereaved? [View all]Tsiyu
(18,186 posts)33. That must have been awful
My own family would never allow such a "show" for the preacher's ego.
Who the fuck is he to judge anyone?
I was raised in a tradition of funerals where there was prayer, but it was about praying for the loved one to pass on well, and for the family to be comforted. It was never a recruitment drive for some local yokel ego who thinks he's supposed to be some hero for Jesus when people are in sorrow.
Hopefully, in the case of your friend, the young woman's spirit was around to laugh at such an awful man.
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Not scary for me, because the man's threats only mean something to those who believe them
Tsiyu
May 2015
#5
Nope. I've mostly been to the kind where you check the program during the eulogy
winter is coming
May 2015
#6
I think the poster is talking about a funeral where the deceased is raised so high
ScreamingMeemie
May 2015
#10
Yes, pastor began a tirade about one of us in the audience being next, kids were terrified...
AuntPatsy
May 2015
#11
My guess is Southern Baptist or some sort of "unaffiliated" fundy church.
winter is coming
May 2015
#20
I was at one where the "preacher" editorialized about the young woman's lifestyle
Sen. Walter Sobchak
May 2015
#25
Many funerals I have attended in the South mention the deceased briefly....
alphafemale
May 2015
#38
My Father's funeral was all fire and brimstone, as near as i can tell because of his 2nd wife's
Warren DeMontague
May 2015
#52
I was at a funeral once where the minister screamed at the family of the deceased!!!
MADem
May 2015
#53
I think the minister had a "special relationship" with the deceased, i.e., I think he
MADem
May 2015
#65
Not only that, we paid for my son-in-law's name to be inscribed on the casket, and moments before
akbacchus_BC
May 2015
#77