Jehavah Witnesses

[cazdee]

My son is becoming a witness and I wondered where they get buried, he is beginning to cut off from family, is this the norm?

[237SJ]

Sorry Daisy. My reply read a bit harsh. I didn`t mean it to read that way.

[anneasquith]

slightly of subject, I think its very rare for a child to die for lack of a blood transfusion. such cases are taken to court, as to visiting JW. be polite and say ' im sorry I have no wish to listen to you. but thanks for calling''

[DaisyNonna]

I was replying to Methyl.

[Buenchico]

A useful link that (unlike some other posts here) actually seeks to answer the question:
http://www.paulwilliamsfunerals.co.uk/funeral-services/religious-funeral-services/jehovahs-witness-funerals

As has been suggested above, anyone living within a Church of England parish has the legal right to be buried in the parish churchyard (which may or may not be alongside the church) irrespective of their religious beliefs (or lack of them). However a Witness family might not be comfortable with such a burial, so a cremation is probably more likely.

The question asked here (along with quite a few others that have appeared on this site in the past) seems to assume that burial of the dead is the norm in the UK. It most definitely is not. Three quarters of all deaths in 2012 (74.28% for the pedants out there) were followed by cremation.

[Jeza]

I think all deaths should be cremated. I have lived in 2 places where really old graveyards were dug up for development.

[Buenchico]

Jeza:
From my own will: "I desire that my body be cremated without ceremony and that my ashes be disposed of, also without ceremony, in any convenient refuse receptacle".

I simply don't understand funerals!

[ummmm]

I understand funerals.

[Buenchico]

I'd make them illegal!

[anneasquith]

chris, some family lairs are not yet full...........I hope my siblings out live me. I want the last place.

[ummmm]

Funerals can be fun too.

[sandyRoe]

I bought a space that sleeps two some years ago. My bro occupies one of the berths and I'm not sure I'd really want to spend eternity with him. I wonder could I sell it?

[anneasquith]

he will be dead though sandy, I don't think he will be looking for a conversation :)

[ummmm]

I have a plot paid for as well. My sister paid for it....how morbid!!

[Mamyalynne]

I too bought a double plot when my husband died almost six years ago - his burial had a carnival aspect to it, the little children blowing bubbles and scattering rose petals, no tears allowed.

cazdee, I think it is sad that your son feels the need to put distance between himself and his family it must hurt.

[ummmm]

He's 40....

[sandyRoe]

There's a Larkin poem, An Arundel Tomb, where the writer observes the effigies holding hands, and closes the verse with another observation, that what remains of us is love.
It would be good to lie forever with someone you loved.

[pugwashjw]

Many J.W's have family that are NOT WITNESSES...and we still have dealings in matters that are family based...but will NOT in religious or political matters.
You may have a particular religious or political view, but even as family, we will not become involved.
And neither in birthday celebrations...
Wedding anniversaries are O.K. because marriage has Jehovah's approval.
Whereas the two birthdays noted in scripture had bad outcomes...
Look up jw.org for what is expected of baptised witnesses...

[mikey4444]

Yes, of course its the norm ! Kidnap him asap and take him to a place of safety !

[Brinjal]

I have two friends whose children have become witnesses when they have married into that sect. And alienation from family does seem to be the norm. But I suppose that happens in non JW families when kids marry and then go more with the inlaws. But they are different.