Well....not entirely. I went to my first memorial with my wife and her family just to see how this really works in my eyes. It was very.......interesting, but at least I did get a few laughs out of it. I honestly wanted to go just to see how it really works....and hear my wife trying to come up with a bargain to avoid going to church on Easter.
First off, even though I only went to the hall a few times with my wife, I've never seen so many JW in 1 little place. I see overseers and fellow JWs directing ppl where to park at. When I went inside, it was just like any other meeting(ppl finding seats with lame music playing in the background) Most of them dressed the same way they normally do, most(like my wife) wore something slighty casual.
During the service, while having my sleeping daughter in my arms, I was following thru the scriptures they provided using my NASB Bible. I couldnt help but LOL inside my head when looking at the contradictory between my Bible and their beliefs. And the song on page 105 in the Sing Praises to Jehovah book.....
And now the Main Event, the greatest way of letting Jesus know you dont care about his sacrifice: Passing of the bread and wine. To avoid looking at them, I dug my head into my Bible to make it seem like I'm deeply reading it. When it got to me, I just simply grabbed and passed with my eyes glued to my Bible.
Last but not least, when it was over, my mother in law wanted to introduce me to a few of the "friends". Nice, sincere people...just sincerely misled. When most of them ask me how did I think of the Memorial(I couldnt say what i REALLY wanted to say), I just said: "It was interesting."
With a smile of course.