by atomant 35 Replies latest watchtower beliefs
no, it would be a hell overtime. Still Earth will go through climate issues, tornadoes, earthquakes; they are a vital part of making this planet habitable.
Once you are confined into this space and time what you will do after you visit all the places in 10,000 years not to mention in 1 million?
Once again, I'll repost something I've said many times before...
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...the WTS has stated on more than one occasion that even though the leadership supposedly expect to be "raptured", the Organization itself fully intends to be around to govern the post-Apocalyptic world, and direct the building of their vaunted utopia.
But I guarantee you that If the WTS were given control of a small country tomorrow, within a decade free speech and freedom of religion would be nonexistent, any form of alternative sexual expression would be outlawed, creationism would be mandated in schools, medicine and science would be severely hobbled, disfellowshipped people would be imprisoned or deported, and "apostates" would be sentenced to death without possibility of appeal or reprieve. (Anyone who denies this is either naive or simply lying to themselves.)
Now picture that regime encompassing the entire planet.
Indefinitely.
The premise that the WTBTS is god's chosen organization is the first falsehood. They are gross incompetents.
The second is to minimize the death and destruction of the world's population from unborn babies, little children, families most all of whom are basically decent and innocent of anything.
You don't slaughter innocent people and then build a paradise earth on their bones. Paradise earth would be the saddest place one could imagine.
Looked at in a certain way Jehovah and Jesus would turn this earth into an extermination camp the 'final solution' that would have been the envy of the Third Reich.
No thanks....I'll pass.
@ WTWizard...
I have to say, I've often though that the WT Society was - in many ways - an (otherwise impossible) fusion of far-right authoritarianism and far-left socialism.
Giordano - "You don't slaughter innocent people and then build a paradise earth on their bones. Paradise earth would be the saddest place one could imagine."
I think you've hit upon something very important.
Historically, all utopian efforts have been just that... built upon the ashes of countless lost lives. And every effort has been a demonstrable failure.
It's been demonstrated time and again that you can't - as you said - build a paradise on the bones of millions of people... it simply isn't possible.
Any "paradise" built on the ashes of millions (guilty or innocent) is no paradise at all.
Sure I'd love to live there! As long as I could have my own personal 'watchpanda' that would keep Jehovah's Witnesses off my property.
Pandas would make really shitty guard dogs.
Those things are too lazy to even mate.
Just sayin'.
