Soon Jehovah's Witnesses will begin their annual ritual of inviting members of the public to participate with them in the rejection of the emblems representing the body and blood of the sacrificial "Lamb of god," Jesus Christ.
The justification they offer for this bizarre practice is that only those who anticipate heavenly life should partake of these emblems. Since the vast majority of Jehovah's Witnesses believe their future is earthbound, most of the attendees at the Memorial pass the wine and unleavened bread along without so much as a sip or a nibble, and the emcee of the event makes every effort to discourage participation by the unworthy.
Witnesses say that the New Testament is a message intended, not for mankind in general, but specifically for those spirit-begotten future heaven dwellers. If that is the case, then Jesus' admonition to "keep doing this in remembrance of me" is ALSO directed at the anointed, not at the general hoi polloi who aspire to a terrestrial eternity.
Like most of Jehovah's Witnesses, I reject the emblems, but I reject them because I'm an atheist, and I doubt that the Biblical sacrificial Jesus really existed.
I find that it is much more convenient for me to reject the emblems from the comfort of my sofa while watching the parables of fellow atheist Seth MacFarlane as revealed by the cartoon show Family Guy on my TV.
Paradoxically enough, I can do this while consuming a pizza and a nice Chianti, and I don't have to worry about who else has spread their germs on the cup I'm drinking from.