by Englishman 6 Replies latest jw friends
OK, so it's the Memorial tonight, I believe.
I need some help with this one. I know that Jesus said to "Keep doing this in remembrance of me", but, what I don't understand is this:
Just where does Jesus say to "Keep doing this, everybody turn up, but only one or two of you can take the emblems, everybody else must watch the proceedings and not join in"?
I mean, what's the point of going if you can't partake?
Seems daft to me.
Englishman.
It must be really redundant (??) to be in a hall where NO one partakes. Esp for new people. How ridiculous.
It was 'better' in our young days when there were many partakers. At least there was some semblance of meaning to the occasion.
Cheers,
Ozzie
It is an act of voyeurism....except everyone there is fucked!!
There is no point in going. It is exactly like each and every other one of life's milestones: weddings, funerals, etc. The dubs make it an opportunity to preach their message and to adulterate and bastardize a private, personal occasion for their own use in proselytization. Yes, the memorial is public, but you get the point.
And I don't for a moment believe in the specious logic used to make of this an annual occasion. "...as often as you do this," bent out of shape to mean once a year is just plain bullshit.
As far as I'm concerned, the Master could be remembered at each and every meal by all who consider him their lord, their brother, their savior, or whatever.
$0.02.
Francois
What? Not have the TRUE slave class in attendance? Like the other chores the GB has privileged the Great Crowd with (door to door, building work, generating $$, stewarding, sheparding etc.,), because of their dwindling numbers, who would carry the emblems? Who would give the talk? Who would collect the money after the meeting? Who would lock the KH and turn off the lights?
The show must go on, with or with out the little flock................and don’t forget the blessings for doing this—we get to witness the little flock’s grand glorification from God for making us do all this work!! Who said slavery is abolished?
Last year at the Memorial a sister about 50 years old drank the wine and ate the bread. Everyone freaked out because know one knew. Her husband did not partake. After the Memorial everyone was asking questions and gossiping. It was really funny. Can't wait for tonight to see if she partakes again.
Diamond
