Re: Resource conservation and Christ's return

[Gary Collins]

| I'd be interested to know if those who say that there's no need to
| look after the environment because Jesus is coming soon are
| consistent when it comes to their own personal lives. Do they have
| pensions, for example? Or take out insurance? Or savings to provide
| for their children's future? etc, etc.

Some Jehovah's witnesses have placed a low value on higher education,
for reasons connected with the upcoming end of the world. I don't
know whether this is typical for JW, though (and indeed whether the
eotw has been cancelled or at least postponed indefinitely :-).

SA

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