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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)It's the first funeral since high school where I've heard such judgmental spewage, so I was not prepared. Edit to say: not prepared at first.
That one in the late '70s was horrible. The preacher basically told the assembled that the deceased was going straight to hell, no ifs, ands or buts. The dude was an alcoholic and an awful husband, but it's no other human's place to determine his fate. Who knows about these things except that person and their Creator, if there even is one?
The screaming was so bad, from the widow and kids and the preacher, I almost fainted in that church. At least this time, I knew how to center myself and just pray for everyone who was suffering. Then I tuned him out.
When I was at that long ago nightmare of a funeral, I kept thinking about the guy on the cross next to Jesus, ( I was still a Christian then) and how the preacher would have condemned the dude to hell.
Your bible may give you some clues, but if you think you're fit to judge anyone, I would think you're assigning yourself to hell for trying to play god.