I went and still do not know why????
Anybody attended the Memorial last night? What was your experience?
by Cindi_67 36 Replies latest jw experiences
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oppgirl63
(copied from my other post)
As most of you know from my previous posts, I'm a 43 y/o lesbian with a JW roommate. Well, last week I got a hair cut and I'm looking more boyish than usual right now until it grows back out some. Any way...I drop my roommate off at the KH (she can't drive because of epilepsy) and this young boy is opening the door for everyone. He's problably about 6 or 7 yrs old. I drive up to the door and let her out and start to back up and leave. My roommate said that when she got to the door the little boy asked her "Isn't your husband coming with you?" . My roommate leaned over and said "Honey, that's a woman." She said his eyes got so big. I laughed about it all the way home.
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truthsetsonefree
I didn't go. First time since I left the WT, though I had missed one a few years back while on business. I've taken quite a turn. Last year I conducted a Memorial, this year I refused to go. My family went. I called a buddy as I felt a little lonely. But as for the Memorial itself, having attended and conducted them I can relate to what has been said. The songs had some meaning, music can do that. But there is little substance to the program. Where is the discussion about Christ? Its one big announcement about how NOT to partake. There is so much that Christ did and said that they could talk about. Who cares that some old farts think that they are going to heaven! And that special announcement which started about three years ago, like Cindi said, its just telling people to go to more meetings and please study with us. It doesn't even attempt to be attractive. The JWs have nothing to offer. I realized that I was better off at home. Thats not true for everyone, but it was for me.
tsof
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truthsetsonefree
How different was the beautiful Sermon on the Mount! That beautiful day when Jesus sat the crowd down on the grass and began to muse on different aspects of Happiness and Spirituality! Now that was inspirational!
Amen.
tsof
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Cindi_67
Yes I remember when they used to describe how they were able to get unfermented bread and the wine and such, But I didn't hear that either on yesterday's talk. I don't know something about it didn't add up.
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RULES & REGULATIONS
It was painful as a migraine headache. We all had to go to a hall 1 hour away from my house. There was no parking around. Parked 3 blocks away. Waited for early congregation to finish. Waited 15 minutes in the cold. Sat down. Everyone was quiet. Sang boring song. Bad singing all around.Suffered thru the most boring talk ever. Listened to 4 long prayers. Passed the bread and wine since I'm not worthy. Ended on time. Walked out 1 minute after it ended. Drove home as fast as I could. WHY DO I EVEN GO?
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twinkletoes
No - we didn't go, and haven't been for over four years.
I can honestly say that in all the years (32) of being a JW, I always felt that there was definately a lack of spirituality during the memorial. After reading the above posts, it looks like things have not changed. We (KT and myself) always came away from the Memorial, feeling very empty. There never seemed to be any discussion about Jesus Christ and the importance of his life and death.
Twinkletoes
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Kudra
MAJORly anticlimactic.
The funny part was when I was on the phone describing the ceremony to my sweetie-
(me) "Well it is like their version of the Passover- you know you pass the wine and crackers around, so we did that... but, uh, nobody drinks or eats them."
(him) "What! So you're just there passing around plates?"
Then we both start laughing. This crap is so ridiculous.
ANyhoo, Hope everyone's Tuesday is going well.
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TD
I go every year out of respect for my wife, her beliefs, her family, etc.
This year it was apparently an entirely new outline. I had never heard this Memorial discourse before.
The talk was slanted heavily toward JW's themselves. IOW Preaching to the choir. An interested person off the street would not have been able to follow the leaps in reasoning as the speaker jumped from the "Little Flock" of the Lucan account to the "144,000" of Revelation and from the "Great Multitude" of Revelation back to the "Other Sheep" of the Johannine gospel with no explanation whatsoever.
The concept of free will was heavily emphasized throughout the lecture --Why, I don't know, but I lost count of the number of times I heard the term.
One thing I did enjoy was that the discouse was given by a kindly old African American gentleman with an excellent voice. Five minutes after he started talking, my eyes were out of focus and I was in that sweet spot right when you're falling asleep and things are starting to take on that dream-like quality. No wonder JW's enjoy their meetings regardless of what is said. --It was a pleasant experience after a hard day.
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truthsetsonefree
This year it was apparently an entirely new outline. I had never heard this Memorial discourse before.
The talk was slanted heavily toward JW's themselves. IOW Preaching to the choir. An interested person off the street would not have been able to follow the leaps in reasoning as the speaker jumped from the "Little Flock" of the Lucan account to the "144,000" of Revelation and from the "Great Multitude" of Revelation back to the "Other Sheep" of the Johannine gospel with no explanation whatsoever.
This may be their response to us. I hope somebody posts the new outline. I can't do it anymore....
tsof
