If you read this aloud with a pause it really sounds funny:
from the 1972 Yearbook page 100 - a brother is explaining
a natural disaster in Argentina
"In 1965 the town of General
San Martin had a hard experience. It was hit bt a violent tornado
that toppled many well-constructed houses, leaving a path of
destruction some 200 meters wide, crossing the city diagonally.
The Catholic church suffered considerable damage, so much so that
the patron saint of the city, Saint Anthony, was left in the open
air. This caused many Catholics to ask: 'If this temple is of God,
why did he permit this to happen?' Our Kingdom Hall was also
destroyed, since it was located in the path of the tornado. But
since we know that Jehovah does not dwell in temples constructed
by human hands, the true worship of Jehovah continued on just as
it had before the tornado."
What logic is this? Surely, Catholics didn't think that God
actually lived, exclusively, in their building, did they?
They wondered why this happened since the temple was "OF GOD".
It appears that the Witnesses didn't really answer their doubt
in any way at all!
I offer this example above thinking of the countless times some
tragedy strikes and some well-meaning Witness quotes from
Ecclesiastes that "time and unforeseen occurrence befall them all".
So what? What that supposed to mean? If a person said
"Well, Sh*t happens" - would that be equally 'profound'?
If someone said "That's just the way life is" - how does that
explain anything in a universe supposedly ruled by a generous
Creator?
It's as if scriptures were put there simply to shut people up,
or end their doubtfilled train of thought without actually
explaining anything about the misfortune observed.
Witnesses have gotten off too easy, for too long in the logic
department.
metatron