OK - first I should mention that this line of *hypothetical* thought may seem extreme, and it's obviously exaggerated to get a point across. But it's just one of many, many logical constructs I had in my mind, even when I was still active:
So here we go:
Let's say we have a pioneer sister. She's old now, and have been a pioneer for 50 years. Now, how many (still faithful) people has she managed to convert during these years in total? I'm not sure what's normal, but let's put a rather high number in there and say that all in all, counting both directly and indirectly (the people she converted has again converted others), she managed to get a total of 100 people into the 'Truth' (people who stay in until the end). So basically, she saved 100 people, and they will get eternal life in paradise.
OK.
Now - let's say I personally take another route, to put it mildly. Let's say I buy a nuclear suit case from a rouge state. I then decide to sacrifice myself for the greater good. I walk into the center of one of the most populated cities in the world, and detonate the bomb.
What happens? Well, quite obviously I die, and with me let's say 200.000 people. Since I am now a murderer and have committed suicide as well, it's not likely I'll get resurrected. But - the people I killed hadn't done anything wrong. They were all going about their daily lives and then suddenly *boooom*. So logically - they should get resurrected. Now, it's logical to assume that once they do get resurrected, they are likely to 'convert', because they'll wake up in an already established paradise where Satan and his demons are gone, and most likely angels are visibly active and miracles are an every day occurrence. They pretty much won't need to take it on faith alone, 'cause they can see it has happened. So basically - they're saved.
So how's the score chart here? Pioneer working all her life = 100. Me, giving my own life for others but doing it very quickly = 200.000.
Now - an active witness would probably say "Yes, but it doesn't work that way - Jehovah isn't a machine that you can make do what you want."
OK. But think about it: although the thought of doing such a thing obviously is horrendous - is there anything logically wrong with the story? Could Jehovah in good conscience deny all these people a resurrection just because I had this plan when I did what I did? They had after all as I said not done anything wrong. No difference if they die in a horrible natural disaster or in this disaster caused by me.
I don't know. What do you think? The point of this 'story' is of course to show the absurdity of it all, and the lack of fairness when it comes to which ones get a resurrection, and which ones don't. You could say that everyone who dies before Armageddon gets a 'lucky break', since they will get a second chance, and as mentioned get resurrected into a world where blind faith is no longer needed in order to believe; they will see that God has intervened and changed everything to the better. While those unlucky b*stards who live until Armageddon comes are killed on the spot with no more chances.
How would a witness respond to this in order to explain it away (apart from what I wrote above)? I wouldn't mind getting this logical construct 'debunked', so I genuinly would like to know.
- I guess I should put a disclaimer in here saying I of course have never thought of doing this; it is only a logical construct made to get a point across (in case the US government reads this).