Now that we're in the 21st century, and all those pre-millenium worries that a few had about Armaggedon seem to have gone, everyone seems to be getting on with their lives, buying homes, going on cruises and planning for their retirement.
Not everyone does these things, but there is so little talk about The Great Tribulation, Armaggedon and the New System, you can't help but wonder if they are just going through the motions.
I see young people at the hall - they couldn't care less about spiritual things, although they may comment and go out in service.
I see people in the 30s quietly getting on with life - a few are building their own homes from scratch, others are planning on moving and some have bought new cars.
Nothing wrong with this, but each of these things show an investment in the future.
A car has to be paid for (if its a lease), a home needs a 15/25/30 year mortgage and this all takes time.
Time with a capital "T".
Let's face it - the urgency is gone. No one thinks about the "time of the end" and everyone does their own thing.
Families are still having children.
One of my college professors once asked me: "How do you know that people have confidence in the future?"
The answer? They have children.
The Society laments that, "as a people we are not ready" for the day of Jehovah, they lambast those who are quietly leading a normal life and scream at everyone to do more, more and more.
The threats, the taunts go over our heads. We don't care anymore.
You failed Watchtower. You dashed our hopes for surviving into a new world. You saw elderly members die of old age, putting YOUR kingdom first. You saw thousands of youths leave your throngs for something better.
You have only yourselves to blame for the lack of urgency you say we all have.
If any of you still go to the Hall, can you see a similar attitude? Are their many who really talk about the "urgency" of the times we're living in?
Are there those that simplify their lives and pioneer?
It never fails to amaze me, that the number of pioneers compared to publishers has always been around 10%.
That means 90% of us just go through the motions.
I mean, lets face it - IF we really, really wanted to - we could give up college, parenthood and careers, sell our home and move into a smaller apartment, trade in our new car for an old one, simplify our lives to such an extent that we could work part time and pioneer, we probably might be able to.
Like I said, a big IF!