Hm...I wonder, how many new people are they able to convert by this memorial-thing? I mean people who come along to the memorial because they`re friends with a JW. Must be a lot easier than converting someone going door2door, I mean. Does anyone know?
LAST NIGHT'S MEMORIAL.........
by Mary 37 Replies latest jw friends
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Mary
I wonder, how many new people are they able to convert by this memorial-thing?.........Does anyone know?
I'm going out on a limb here, but I'd estimate that "zero" would be a pretty accurate estimate.
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Emma
Lily,
I didn't know Mel Gibson once gave Memorial talks!!??
Good one! Come to think of it...
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truthseeker
Well, last night's Memorial was another attempt to advertise all the meetings. Jesus was only mentioned in as much as they read the Gospel account of him.
As usual emphasis was placed on the little flock as being the only ones to partake.
Attendance was definitely down, still a full hall, but I would say 20% less than last year's attendance, and that was down from the previous year too.
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drew sagan
Here's my memorial adventure:
It was business as usual last night, with a special added amount of fluff. I had no clue who a bunch invites where, to me they mostly looked like people who had stopped going to the hall before I moved in. Added bounus was my wife getting a good seat behind a person who partakes. Everything went as it allways does, expect it left me with an impression that I shall never forget. That one old person partaking, and nobody else gave me a sense of sadness. All of these people, coming together to do what? The gather to NOT become joined to their savior, instead they reject it because the man on the platform says so. This lead me to my biggest revelation of the night:
Where is the scripture that says there are to be Christians that DO NOT PARTAKE in this occasion? Show me it please! Of course, it dosn't exisit. Instead it is based on reasonings that bounce through scripture like and acrobat. The membership is so sold on a physical promise of a happy earth, they totally reject the idea of becoming something spiritual, something that can only be for a few, something that is not logical for the masses.
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mouthy
Thanks Mary for a peek back into my boring past.... I can remember it well!!! I remember in Guelph when on memorial night the brothers would bring many prisoners from the Guelph Correctional prison. & we would all rant a rave about how wonderful Jehovah was to allow the prisoners the chance to pass the bread. Little doid I know then they were restraining them from knowing the ONLY WAY TRUTh LIFE....Poor suckers just like us.....(((HUGS))) I hope your folks realize what a good daughter you really are .
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kathrine
I was born & raised in the truth. My mom was babtized in 1970, and my dad always remained an 'unbeliever.' I was able to stop going to the meetings in my teens because my mom was no longer able to physically make me go. I haven't been back in about 10 years. My mother and I now have a very close relationship. I have found a personal place with God, but I just can't find a religion that I agree with. Throughout the years, my mom has mentioned the memorial to me, but I've never really given her a response. Last year, she forgot to get me the invitation in time. This year when she mentioned it, I apparently suggested that I'd think about going. I figured I could go for her, especially if it meant a lot to her. I planned on attending the memorial up untill about an hour before. I guess I chickened out. I feel bad for letting her down, but all these thoughts and emotions kept running through my head. I didn't want to show up and have everyone think that I was interested in coming back. I was interested in how everyone would treat me, but I was afraid some would shun me, even though I've done nothing wrong. I feel really guilty now because I feel that I let my mother down. I told her last night that maybe I'd attend a Sunday with her. Now she is planning on me going with her this Sunday, and that's a 2 hour commitment! I don't mind spending the time with her, and having a little 'godly time,' as long as she knows I'm not interested in going to meetings all the time or bible studies. I think I'll tell her that just to set things straight.
I had forgotten about how 'important' the memorial is to JWs. I remember when I was a child how excited I'd be because it was something different from the normal boring meeting. I can't beleive how excited I got to see the crackers and wine passed in front of me. Imagine that being the highlight of the year!
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upside/down
I always laughed at ...we "celebrate" the memorial....reeeeeeally?
The most somber and boring "celebration" I've ever been too...
I'd rather attend an Irish wake!
The Witnoids...always trying to shove a square peg into a round hole....when will they learn?
u/d
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Scully
Mary,
I was thinking about how other religions observe this week as well.
For people of Jewish faith, Passover is a celebration of the Jews' release from slavery in Egypt.
For Christians, Holy Week is about remembering Jesus' last days on earth - his arrival in Jerusalem (Palm Sunday), the Last Supper with his disciples, the praying in the Garden of Gethsemane, his betrayal, arrest and trial. His death (Good Friday) and finally it finishes with the celebration of Jesus' resurrection (Easter).
JWs take something that's meant to inspire people, and cause them to rejoice, and turn it into something morose and sombre, and then top it off with emphasizing that you're only allowed to Observe™, rather than Partake™. They wrap it all up in a nice tidy 1-hour Infomercial for the WTS.
Gag me.
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Gill
No Mary! I didn't go. I wouldn't go if you paid me or even if my life depended on it!!!
I went round to my parents today for dinner....(they are fanatical JWs) and in casual conversation on these things, informed them that 'Religion is a Snare and a Racket!' , (that's one I use regularly and always leaves them speechless), and generally had happy time with them, casually correcting all their JW misunderstandings, (and possibly winding them up).
They are coming to an age now where they're beginning to wonder where Armageddon is? What the hell's going on? Shouldn't it be here by now? We,re getting old? Naturally,I'm always there to inform them why.
Oh the joys of being their favourite child and able to put things over in a polite and direct manner...... I'll get through to them eventually. They're questions are occuring all on their own now.