by JH 37 Replies latest jw friends
I remember going to each memorial even when I was inactive. I felt that I HAD to go to atleast that meeting.
Then one year, I was sick on that day, and didn't go to the memorial. It was a funny feeling to miss the most important day of the year, as a JW would call it.
But I got used to it, when I missed my 2nd and 3rd memorial.
Tired...I refereed three games that day, and noticed the full moon. "Oh, yeah, Memorial..." I remembered also when I saw a Jewish family in my apartment building have theirs over for Passover.
The first memorial I missed was this year's, and I must admit it felt a little strange, not being there. I didn't feel guilty about it at all though, now I know it's a meaningless ritual.
Greetings JH,
I was on the Caribbean Island of St. Martin. Drinking feverishly under a clear "Nisan 14" moon lit night..
How did you feel, when you missed your 1st Memorial?
Pretty damn good
Dismembered
I did not miss it in the least!
By the time I had realized that the WTS and its teachings were a farce, and when I was convinced I wanted no further part in ANY of it.....I didn't even know when the Memorial was and could not have cared less.
I was on the Caribbean Island of St. Martin. Drinking feverishly under a clear "Nisan 14" moon lit night..
Well, not quite. I was in Cancun and had admired the full moon gleaming over the water. It wasn't until I returned home and my daughter said someone had been by with an invitation to the memorial that I realized I'd missed it. Oddly enough, no guilt, just surprise that I forgot that easily.
When i made up my mind to quit the organization, I did it en-total. I must admit i do remember thinking that missing the memorial might bother me. Mostly because I thought it should. Well the memorial came and went without my even noticing it. Suprising is that I had attended every one for 25yrs. They were always a major let down. Especially once I was old enough to realize the elders made the final decision whether or not to count anyone who partook when none of those elders were of the remnant themselves! What a hoax...
They still have memorials?
I felt strange, when I did not go to the memorial for the first time. At that time my wife still attended. I had planned not to go but I worked overtime to assure I would not make it. The years after that were a lot easier. My wife also stopped attending.
I remember that it was on a Thursday and that is one of my volleyball nights.
"How did you feel?" I think I was a little tired and sweaty. It also gave me a chance to look around to see who was missing that night from vb. 'Cause we all know if there were any jw's that play there....well, you get my drift.
