LOL. Good for you! And I bet you knew your Bible as well.
Sadly, however, most people - if not all - who start attending Mormon services (esp converts like me) were never Christians in the first place (and didn’t know their Bible) so they didn’t have the Holy Spirit, or if they did, the uneasy feelings are swept aside either by them or by the LDS ‘freindshipping’ that person by saying that it was Satan who made them feel uncomfortable. In Mormonism, unease is a sign of Satan while ‘warm fuzzies’ or ‘burning in the bosom’ is a sign of the Holy Spirit. Even when people are leaving, there is always this nagging doubt that the discomfort is really Satan trying to keep them from the “one true Church” (Mormonism).
The reality is, the feeling of the Holy Spirit cannot be duplicated, once you experience it there is no going back to the spiritually dead services of Mormonism. Now, obviously, the Holy Spirit does more than make us uncomfortable, I’m not saying that. But His job is also to warn us and that discomfort is a warning that ‘all is not well in Zion’.
Honestly, I could not physically step foot into a Mormon church again. I have dreaded for years, the call that a very good friend of mine (who is in the end stages of Parkinson’s now) who got me to convert to Mormonism has died. I know the family (who I am still friends with) will expect me to come up to the funeral and I just don’t see how I can do it. The thought of having to go to an LDS service just makes me cringe anymore.
I’m sure it does make you cringe, but perhaps you should just think about how you love your friend and her family and be a support for them..just concentrate on that. I’m sure the family would appreciate you being there.
You would be honoring your friend. While at the service pray the scripture that say for you too think on things good and holy. Sorry I can’t give you the reference, lack of 02 is destroying my memory.
Maria
I don't cringe...I have to tamp down my fury at the way funerals are used as proselytizing opportunities...I very nearly walked out of the last mormon funeral I went to and have solved the problem by simply staying away.
My family and friends are all aware of my feelings and realize that if they criticize me for them, they may get more than they expect in my response.
Remember, the object of the funeral is no longer capable of judging anyone and one shouldn't have their last exposure to their friend to be one that leaves lingering bad feelings.
Instead of facing that funeral, take a bunch of flowers to a place that reminds you of shared time and good feelings with that friend. You'll feel better, and Jesus will hear your prayers there better than He will in a mormon chapel.