"dwelling on a thought that is not going to happen ... is a waste of time. "
I could not say better myself , Dragon . We have all wasted time by picturing ourselves in a lovely New World - but it is a lie, a myth . I like your parallel to the ancient Greeks , since WT are so aggresive to other religions that have taken beliefs from such sources.It is really worse than a waste of time. It coases people to allow precious years to slip past with things not put right "Just wait on Jehovah!"People put up with a bad marriage , a low income , social wrongs - in the confident belief that it will be all right in the end, but it won't . They will get old and die just like every one else. Perhaps they lack the courage to admit they have been wrong and wasted they're life.If you think about it, it is a materialistic goal . Everthing that money can buy ,and more, given to you on plate ... just so long as you love God enough and keep him happy. If not of course then only a "Second death" is good enough for you , you ungrateful so and so....... You join the mass of "Wicked" that have to be culled so that the rest of them can live in Paradise.I could carry on with this soapbox rant but I have said enough.