Posted by Orpheus [Orpheus] on April 02, 1999 at 10:12:39 {ppHCdFLRUMMQjdlNGKcIa8QEXdS/Og}:
In Reply to: **Memorial Observations posted by a.j.w. on April 02, 1999 at 01:30:16:
Thanks a.j.w. - I also joined these people, mainly out of concern for my family. There is no need to be sarcastiy, this simply was a shame and had nothing to do with commemoration nor woth spirrritualism, transcendecny not a feeling for the divine and the numinous. This was again Hamburger (and a bad one) instead of waht they pretend. I a,m sorry to have had to listen for the 50th time to an instruction talk highlighting the WTS doctrine ion two classes whilst Jesis played quite an unimoportant role, but the slave was praised all the time ..
I walked out, ashamed and deprived of the last illusions (I always try top ascribe them ar t least some sincerety)and join AJW in wishing to go to a church and listen to Haendel's Messiah or something similar. Wagner's Parzival (3rd act) also would do and Jesus might enjoy this much more tzhan this prostine and meagre talks - and what disturbs me most, they will swagger and boast of the number of attends and pretend they all are JWs, at least future JWS - see their papers in Europe where they try to fight their tax bills opr the attacks in Russia - I shpould like not to be included in those because I really and once more feel like a fool taken for a ride .
Sorry - I am sure I am not the only one who has religiuos needs which are not met with by the DFS.
regards
Orpheus