There was someone recently who bought a Tesla and the Tesla drove itself to his home. That’s a selling point. Usually, if you buy a car, you have to go fetch it. This car fetched itself. It comes to you; you don’t have to go to it.
Someone at the congregation meeting (was it me?) said this is kind of like our Bible study offer. The circuit overseer recently recommended everyone explain its good features; don’t be bashful about it. That it comes to you is surely one of them. You can be wearing shorts and slippers, just like on Zoom. In fact, you can do it on Zoom. I had a really fine study on Zoom and—let me tell you—that is convenient.
Living forever on a paradise earth sounds like a fairy tale; why expect anyone to waste their time chatting about that? But it also sounds good. If the time involved was substantial or the cost-prohibitive, you could expect everyone to dismiss the notion instantly. But if the time involved is an hour a week, and the cost is free, what’s not to like? Some will decide to investigate. They’ll appreciate that someone has gone to a lot of trouble to bring that message to them.
Once a person has the satisfaction of putting the puzzle pieces of the Bible together, seeing the completed portrait of a puppy dog or a mountain range reconstructed, same as on the box cover, they change. It’s hard to put that puzzle together outside of the JW realm, where they have altered too many pieces and they don’t fit anymore.
Once you have looked upon your completed puzzle, you’re immune to the critic who says your interpretation is wrong. You are especially immune if his puzzle lies unassembled in the box on his closet shelf. And if you’re cruising down the highway at 55 miles per hour, even the atheist on the radio telling you your car doesn’t run needn’t be a cause for concern. You don’t have to prove to him that it does.
****** The bookstore
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