Cyber-sista said,
Just a few months ago I was sweating thinking about the memorial--still feeling I had to attend for some strange reason But what's the purpose of going to the memorial if all you are going to do once you get there is REJECT the emblems? You can reject them at home, by yourself; or partake, if that is your wish. Jesus didn't say, "Keep going to the Kingdom Hall in remembrance of me."
N. N.,
We can not partake (passive) at home, as we are not partaking now. However to reject (active) we must attend the memorial (the only annual JW celebration) be offered the emblems (the representation of Christ), take them up and with a conscious choice in an act of symbolic rejection pass them on untouched.
To understand the purpose of this rite we need only understand that by our active participation in the ritual we are rejecting the hope offered us by The Christ and we are publicly confess, however passively, the WT as our only hope. The WT then takes on for us, all the saving aspects of Christ. The WT becomes the only "way", the "gate"...
Cyber-sista ,
with the rejection Christ we must now look to the WT and ask our self's "were else is there to go?" The Memorial is a very, very powerful statement with far reaching and lasting implications. I can understand feeling compelled to attend the memorial but please keep in mind the base nature of the ritual
Mulan,
I've read many of your posts and I know whatever you do well be for the best. ;)
Will