by sir82 23 Replies latest jw friends
I believe the very first brushing I had with serious cognitive dissonance, (at 8 years old), was over this very topic.
My mother and my aunt were in conversation concerning the then recent murder of John Lennon, and said something to the effect of, "well at least we know he will be the one Beatle who will be in the new system". Knowing my father was an unbeliever, I asked in turn, "so it would be better if Dad died now?".
Dead silence.
Stupid me for wasting the next 24 years of my life.
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Yes, there is a flaw in this reasoning. You know, part of me wants to fix this, but, that's just the male in me.
The whole thing is just absolutely asenine. So how long before Armageddon does one have to die to be a guaranteed a resurrection - a year, a month, a day? What if one were to die an hour before Armageddon starts? And is it Armageddon or the Great Tribulation. What if he lives through the start of the GT, but dies before Armageddon? Guaranteed resurrection?
There is a set of twin brothers. A boulder falls off the mountain and kills one a year before Armageddon. He gets a resurrection because he was standing in the wrong place at the wrong time, but his brother is destroyed at Armageddon since he wasn't standing in the wrong place at the wrong time. So it has nothing to do with heart condition - with merit?
Well, it makes about as much sense as the anointed being chosen almost entirely from the earliest Christians!
