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Secular Funeral
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RE: Secular Funeral
January 22, 2015 at 8:56 pm (This post was last modified: January 22, 2015 at 8:57 pm by Tonus.)
(January 8, 2015 at 4:32 pm)Jenny A Wrote: He has adamantly refused pastoral visits of any kind during hospital stays.
B-b-but atheists and fox holes!

Sorry to hear of his passing. JWs usually just find a gathering place large enough for everyone and they have a congregation elder give the eulogy, and while religion is obviously part of the eulogy there are no specific outfits or religious ceremonies per se. I could see a secular funeral handled that way, in that the eulogy is given by a close friend/family member instead of a pastor or elder.

ETA:Looks like I checked in a bit late, sorry!
"Well, evolution is a theory. It is also a fact. And facts and theories are different things, not rungs in a hierarchy of increasing certainty. Facts are the world's data. Theories are structures of ideas that explain and interpret facts. Facts don't go away when scientists debate rival theories to explain them. Einstein's theory of gravitation replaced Newton's in this century, but apples didn't suspend themselves in midair, pending the outcome. And humans evolved from ape- like ancestors whether they did so by Darwin's proposed mechanism or by some other yet to be discovered."

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Secular Funeral - by Jenny A - January 8, 2015 at 4:32 pm
RE: Secular Funeral - by dyresand - January 8, 2015 at 4:38 pm
RE: Secular Funeral - by abaris - January 8, 2015 at 4:41 pm
RE: Secular Funeral - by Jenny A - January 8, 2015 at 5:20 pm
RE: Secular Funeral - by abaris - January 8, 2015 at 5:32 pm
RE: Secular Funeral - by Minimalist - January 8, 2015 at 4:44 pm
RE: Secular Funeral - by The Grand Nudger - January 8, 2015 at 4:44 pm
RE: Secular Funeral - by Faith No More - January 8, 2015 at 4:50 pm
RE: Secular Funeral - by Strider - January 8, 2015 at 4:52 pm
RE: Secular Funeral - by Brakeman - January 8, 2015 at 4:56 pm
RE: Secular Funeral - by Phronz - January 8, 2015 at 4:59 pm
RE: Secular Funeral - by JuliaL - January 8, 2015 at 5:15 pm
RE: Secular Funeral - by c172 - January 8, 2015 at 5:46 pm
RE: Secular Funeral - by Mental Outlaw - January 11, 2015 at 12:01 am
RE: Secular Funeral - by DeadChannel - January 11, 2015 at 12:07 am
RE: Secular Funeral - by c172 - January 11, 2015 at 12:14 am
RE: Secular Funeral - by Kitty Galore - January 11, 2015 at 12:25 am
RE: Secular Funeral - by Jackalope - January 11, 2015 at 12:28 am
RE: Secular Funeral - by robvalue - January 11, 2015 at 7:16 am
RE: Secular Funeral - by BrianSoddingBoru4 - January 11, 2015 at 7:58 am
RE: Secular Funeral - by Jenny A - January 11, 2015 at 12:40 pm
RE: Secular Funeral - by c172 - January 11, 2015 at 2:09 pm
RE: Secular Funeral - by Thumpalumpacus - January 11, 2015 at 1:07 pm
RE: Secular Funeral - by robvalue - January 11, 2015 at 1:09 pm
RE: Secular Funeral - by rexbeccarox - January 11, 2015 at 2:42 pm
RE: Secular Funeral - by Jenny A - January 22, 2015 at 5:59 pm
RE: Secular Funeral - by Tonus - January 22, 2015 at 8:56 pm
RE: Secular Funeral - by zebo-the-fat - January 23, 2015 at 6:00 pm
RE: Secular Funeral - by JuliaL - January 23, 2015 at 6:50 pm
RE: Secular Funeral - by Jenny A - January 27, 2015 at 11:56 am
RE: Secular Funeral - by Mister Agenda - January 23, 2015 at 7:03 pm
RE: Secular Funeral - by Exian - January 23, 2015 at 8:25 pm
RE: Secular Funeral - by robvalue - January 24, 2015 at 5:06 am

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