Is there a showing of a body at a Jehovah's Witness funeral?

Answer 1

If you mean with regard to preparing a dead body ready for burial/cremation, they leave it to professional funeral personnel. There is no religious requirement as to preparation, apart from the usual respect.

Answer 2

This would depend on the local custom. Generally speaking the body is not DISPLAYED.

There is no religious mandate to not touch the body but "holding" a dead body would generally be too traumatic for friends and family and even if such were a local custom individual Witnesses would no doubt chose not to do so.

Answer 3

Yes. The services are not unlike other traditional Protestant services. However, most noticeable is the absence of any cross or icons. Additionally, a faithful JW would be strongly opposed to attending a service where their is an Anglo/Catholic celebrant, i.e. priests, present as they consider these individuals to be satanic.

Answer 4

I imagine they wouldnt show a dead body in the Kingdom hall.

Jehovah's Witnessess beleife that death is not the final part of life.

John chapter 5 verses 28 and 29 says:

"Do not marvel at this, because the hour is coming in which all those in the memorial tombs will hear his voice and come out, those who did good things to a ressuraction of life, those who practiced vile things to a resurection of judgement."

They beleive they will see their lvoed ones again. They would rather look to the future then the past. Contact local Witnesses for more information.

Answer 5

That is entirely a personal decision made by each family, on an individual basis.

Some may, while others may not.