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Originally posted by GeekyPenguin
I just think that is such an inappropriate time to try and evangelize. I was appalled with Lee's ceremony because Lee was not particularily religious and he was a very tolerant person. I am not sure who the minister felt he was consoling, but a considerable amount of us left offended rather than comforted. The fact there wasn't a eulogy compounded on this, but the idea that a minister would use a ceremony that is supposed to bring closure to tell me that my religious beliefs are wrong is just horrible.
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I'm sorry you had such a bad experience at such a difficult time. I have seen ministers do the same thing with grace and others botch it terribily. Once, when I saw it done well, the minister simply said that because the person was a believer we don't have to wonder where they are right now and we can rejoice because they are rejoicing in heaven with their Savior. He then said that if anyone else wanted that same assurance then he would pray for them and all they had to do was asked to be recieved into the body of Christ. No "you are going to hell if you don't" speech. The brother of the woman who had passed away decided to give his life to Christ and the rest of her family was overjoyed. It was a way of turning a sad situation in to a (somewhat) happy one.