I'm a new poster and I know this subject has been touched on many times before after 911, but its amazing that a terrorist act that killed so many seemed to inject a little spark in many JWs.
My JW brother (mini-servant) called the morning of the disaster and his first words to me was "I'm glad I'm on Jehovah's side!"...DUH what does Jehovah got to do with that! Terrorist acts have been going on in other parts of the world thoughout this century with thousands of deaths. Because that particular incident happened here in the States there's some biblical significants to it???
My mother (also a long time JW) tried to explain that because 911 happened to one of the duo anglo world power (United States and Britain) it had biblical importance....What!!! Where'd you get that!?...What society book saids that!.. she looked at me with a cold stare...I could almost read her thoughts: "You slimy demon possessed apostate!"
My JW sister called around to all the family members not going to the hall preaching the end is around the corner!!You'd better get your butts back to the hall!!
While most people I believe, myself included, immediately thought of the tragic loss of life, the horribleness of it all, all those families who lost love ones, the JWs that I knew seemed only concerned about the society being right: These are the last days.
Funny I never once thought about the org or the so called last days until it was bought up by my JW family members..
So here you have a bunch of people sitting around waiting for some horrific disaster to occur somewhere in the world (of course not in their backyard) so it can be "proven" that Jehovah's Witnesses were right! theses ARE the last days..thats the exact attitude that many of my JW relatives had during 911. Who cares if a thousand or 2 dies as long as the society is proven right!
A few posts concerning the apathetic attitudes that many JWs are displaying lately makes one thinks disasters seems to perk them up a bit.
Can you spell C-U-L-T?
