Can a Jehovah's Witness attend a cremation?

Answer 1

Jehovah's Witnesses have no objection to cremation. In fact, many fellow witnesses I have known, were cremated when they died. If a witness declines to attend a non-Jehovah's Witness funeral for someone who is cremated, it will likely be due to whatever other religious ceremonies that are likely going to be taking place.

Answer 2: The Scriptures do not present any basic objection to the practice of cremation. What might influence whether one of Jehovah's Witnesses attends or not is the way the local community views funeral customs. Those who abide by Bible principles would certainly not want to do anything that would cause unnecessary offense to their neighbors. Jehovah's Witness would would not engage in a practice that might seem to indicate belief in false religious teachings, such as the immortality of the soul. Awake 3/09 p. 10-11

Answer 2

That is the decision of the surviving family. Jehovah's Witnesses have no organizational requirements when it comes to this, as long as local laws are obeted, and there is no scriptural conflict.

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Answer 3

Hi I am one of Jehovah's witnesses and would like to try to answer your question. Jehovah's witnesses are not opposed to cremation, in fact there is an account in The Bible of David's friend Jonathan who was cremated, found at 1 Samuel 31:2,12. The bible gives no specific direction concerning what ought to be done with the bodies of the dead, but in any case funeral arrangements should be dignified and respectful. The bible teaches that Jehovah God will bring back to life many who now sleep in death (Ecclesiastes 9:5,10 and John 5:28,29) Prophetically describing the time when the dead will return to live, the Bible book of Revelation, or Apocalypse, says: "The sea gave up those dead in it, and death and Hades gave up those dead in them." (Revelation 20:13) To accomplish this, it makes no difference to God whether a person's burned, buried, lost at sea, etc. It's really a personal decision whether you want to be buried of cremated.

Answer 2: Watchtower 6/15/14 says "The Scriptures do not present any basic objection to the practice of cremation. We can see from the account of King Saul and his three sons. They died in battle and one of the sons was Jonathan the good friend and loyal supporter of David. Valiant Israelites recovered the bodies, burned them and buried the bones. David later praised those Israelites for their actions. See 1 Samuel 2:4-6. The scriptural hope for the dead is the resurrection-God's restoration of the person to life. Whether a dead person is cremated or not, Jehovah is not limited in his ability to restore the person to life in a new body. Various loyal servants of God have perished in explosions or in other ways that left no trace of their remains. Still, their resurrection is assured. - Rev 20:13.

Answer 4

Embalming is not part of the Jehovah's Witness religious practice but there is no objection to it either.

Watchtower 15th March 2002 pages 30-31 says ''Would a Christian object to the custom of embalming? From a realistic point of view, embalming is merely delaying the inevitable. From dust we came, and to dust we return at death. (Genesis 3:19) But how long will it be from the time of death until the funeral? If family members and friends are coming from a distance and there is a desire to view the body, no doubt the remains will have to be embalmed to some degree.

Scripturally, then, there is no need for concern if local requirements mandate that the body be embalmed or family members desire that this take place. ''
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Answer 5

There bodies burn just like every one elses bodies. If your question can JW choose cremation, then yes they can.

Answer 6

Some do, there is no religious stipulation in the Jehovah's Witnesses belief system as to how the body of a dead member must be disposed of.

Answer 7

Yes, we do it often.

We just don't join in the prayers and hymns.

Answer 8

Yes.