So today I saw a group of JWs I know, we were sitting down to eat at a public place and I guess they (mom and daughter) were performing at an event with their sports team… for Juneteenth.
They (the entire team) happened to sit next to us for some fast food and I recognized them and said hi, hoping to make them uncomfortable. They actually said hi and introduced themselves to my family, I’ve seen them before (they go to the same school as one of my kids) and they usually ignore me. I know for a fact they and their family still goes, the family patriarch is an elder etc. They were on their way to doing a demo at the city’s Juneteenth event.
I was completely flabbergasted, these elders and their families, actually celebrating an invented religious holiday, openly, in public. At the same time there is a convention going on less than 5 miles away from them (not their circuit, but still).