In Act V, Scene V of Macbeth, the title character laments: “Life’s but a walking shadow, a poor player that struts and frets his hour upon the stage and then is heard no more. It is a tale told by an idiot, full of sound and fury, signifying nothing.”

Human beings can’t last long believing that. Each one of us wants a sense of meaning and purpose in our life.

We don’t want to be just one drop of water in a vast ocean.

We want to be significant.

We want to be special.

What if you could join a religious organization consisting of millions of people who have a knowledge of God and his purposes that no one else has? That group would be large enough to have significance but small enough in comparison to the world’s population to be special.

Suppose further that when you share this knowledge with others that most of them scoff and reject it. Perhaps they even persecute you because of your beliefs. Although hard to endure, that opposition would make you even more special in God’s eyes, wouldn’t it?

This is what the Watchtower purports to offer Jehovah’s Witnesses. Consider what it tells them: Continue reading