by reneeisorym 42 Replies latest jw friends
Well, if Adam and Eve hadn't sinned, I suppose mankind would now be living on a paradise earth.
I don't know if we'd be a part of it, but should we perhaps be happy they sinned? Of course, things,
such as the bible and meetings and field service etc, would not exist,would they?
Just joining in on the thoughts on this topic.
my destiny was elsewhere,somewhere better.somewhere w/velvet and satin,and fine wines and great music.and wild crazy hair..and satan,of course.
What did you not like about the paradise?
When paradise began in 1976, right after the big A. The wheather and just about everything seemed the same as back in 1974.
I never really believed it, deep down. It seemed illogical to me. Although, I was reading a lot of science fiction and did wonder if people on earth would populate the universe eventually. Forever is a long time. I remember when I was a kid an elder said something about not looking forward to shaving every day for the rest of eternity. That's interesting in lots of ways - he didn't really want paradise, and somehow he thought he would still be shaving and probably wearing a suit and carrying a briefcase through all eternity.
That only JWs would be there...none of my family.
I hated that my beloved Grandmothers would not be there.
I hated that David Bowie would not be there (and probably none of his "records" either.)
I hated that the first part of it was going to be gross and hellish and horrific, and that I was going to have to help drag the dead bodies out of the destruction.
I hated that before I GOT to the paradise, I would have to go through the fire in the sky and crows in the eyeballs bit, and I was always afraid that Armageddon would start when I was at school away from my Mommy. (I worried about this day after day while waiting for the school bus.)
I hated that people said my sister wouldn't be there.
I hated them for saying it.
I always thought I would miss the changing leaves, budding flowers after it has been so cold, and the snow. (In Mississippi, snow is fun because it is only a once every five years thing)
Always the first week of January in north Miss.
Hey do you remember the 12 foor alligator found in Starkville that had survived years out of its proper environment? It was amazing that it acclimated to the weather so far north. I heard that about the temperate weather...no need for heaters or AC. But I never could buy that. I think there is a purpose for every plant and species to have certain seasonal activities and a geographic location. Part of the problem we have is that things have been moved out of place and acclimated to different environments. This is why we have an imbalance in the insect world and new pests introduced into areas where they never were before...like fire ants and formosa termites. The world has become homogenous. Places that used to be unique have lost their flavor.
In the paradise, I would miss Wendy's, because all we have to eat is lotsa fruit and leaves. However, I did envision training a pet monkey to climb trees and retrieve coconuts for me...and also banannas...but that might be a power struggle with the banannas.
There would still be do-nuts right? Since Mexico is full of Catholics, I suppose there would be no more khalua or Corona to sip on a warm beach. And I guess there would be no more funny animated cartoons with fat fathers too? Oh God take me now!!
Paradise . A perpetually unchanging life. Sounds more like hell
I think just about everything they succeeded in portraying the "new" order to be. There would be absolutely no fun. Every second would be spent doing something that someone else orders you to do. That would lead to stagnation. Of course, you would never get to do any of the things showcased in the Asleep magazines. That would mean I would be wholly unnecessary, and there would be no enjoyment in life.
Even worse would be that I would be limited to other men. Even while watching everyone else populate the planet, they wanted me to stick with just men. Whether the sisters would have been driven out by my very presence and died (for which I would have forever, not just 80 or 100 years to feel guilty about) or not, it made for a pretty y scene for the "new" order. That alone was enough to drive me to apostasy to get out of being there.
Plus, no recreation of any kind. There would be no video games. They mentioned that there would be TV at the outset of my study where news of resurrections would dominate. But, later on, I could figure out that there would be no TV. Stations would be destroyed, besides that our time is for field circus. There would be only 225 songs to listen to (if you think radio is bad today, it would be even worse in the "new" order with all the poorly written excuses for "music" being all you have and no one to make good music). There would be few, if any, national monuments. Amusement parks would be gone. And there would never be time to enjoy the works of nature. A trip to the mountains or the notches contained therein, the ocean, or some wooded area would be time stolen from Jehovah. For sure, not stimulating.
And no Christmas lights, computers, Internet, or even any topic that disagrees with the Watchtower Society's ultra-narrow view of life.
