carla: Weird that they celebrate the death of Christ and at the same time people are getting fliers in the mail (postage paid by the churches) to come to their celebrations of the Resurrection of Christ.
I noticed this a few years ago. I thought it was odd. But not really considering the source.
The JWs are the only (or one of few) "Christian" group that celebrate the death of Christ but don't celebrate his resurrection like other Christian religions do.
JWs have a strange relationship with death. They don't understand death, and because of that, they don't understand life.
The one and only celebration that the JWs are allowed to participate in and that celebration is a celebration of...death. Celebrating dying.
I guess that comes in handy when the org requires their followers to lay down their life for the blood doctrine. Jesus died so they can too. Only thing is, Jesus was supposed to shed his blood so all could live - he gave his blood but the JWs won't give theirs so others can live.
The memorial is all about death and dying, not about living. The r&f JW is denied the right to share in Jesus' resurrection.
So, I guess it makes sense in a WT kind of way - don't drink the wine or eat the bread. Don't celebrate the resurrection of Christ - celebrate death.