Author Archives: BigBill

About BigBill

Stats: Married male boomer. Hobbies: Hiking, woodworking, reading, philosophy, good conversation.

Some basic JW beliefs

Posted on June 30, 2013 by BigBill

In an earlier blog entry (A First Step…) I spoke about how it struck me as unfair that an accident of birth (mine, in the middle of the US of A) would somehow put me more in God’s favor than … Continue reading →

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Pray for Oklahoma

Posted on June 29, 2013 by BigBill

The monster tornado that mauled Moore, Oklahoma a month or so ago was on everyone’s mind for a week or two after it happened, then newer tragedies took its place in our collective conscious; but it’s not completely gone. Occasionally … Continue reading →

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The Bereans were of “noble character”

Posted on June 24, 2013 by BigBill

There’s a scripture in the Bible that’s always intrigued me, even as a young Witness. In Acts 11, it is written that Paul and his companion Silas are chased out of the city of Thessolonica by the Jews in the … Continue reading →

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Jehovah’s Witnesses and evolution (part 1)

Posted on May 13, 2013 by BigBill

Jehovah’s witnesses believe in the Genesis account of creation, but with interesting modifications. They believe that a literal person (Adam) was created first, with another literal person (Eve) created shortly thereafter. What’s interesting is that, through a complex series of … Continue reading →

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Stealing Underpants

Posted on April 21, 2013 by BigBill

A month or so ago I walked into my friend Shannon’s office at work and, on his white board (among many other, slightly less cryptic notes), he had the following: 1. Steal underpants 2. ? 3. Profit At first I … Continue reading →

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Pascal’s Wager

Posted on April 21, 2013 by BigBill

Blaise Pascal, a child prodigy who entered this world in France in 1623, accomplished a great deal in his relatively short life before he died just a couple of months past his 39th birthday in 1662. The impact he made … Continue reading →

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Progress?

Posted on April 7, 2013 by BigBill

I read a while ago that when telephones were first introduced in Great Britain, there was considerable resistance from members of the aristocratic segment of society to have them installed in their homes. They were used to a very formal … Continue reading →

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Short term thinking and unintended consequenses.

Posted on April 1, 2013 by BigBill

I can’t decide if this blog entry should be about the hazards of short term thinking or about unintended consequences, so I’ll make it a little about both. Yesterday I woke up thinking about a print project. I’m speaking to … Continue reading →

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Apocalypse redux

Posted on December 14, 2012 by BigBill

Eight days from now (according to some) the world will come to an end. Well, not the world exactly, but civilization as we know it. They (whoever “they” are) base their assertion on the contention that the Mayan calendar predicted … Continue reading →

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A first step…

Posted on November 7, 2012 by BigBill

Growing up as one of Jehovah’s Witnesses, I believed that we were God’s chosen people. Of course members of virtually every fundamentalist religion (and some not so fundamentalist) would tell you the same thing, but I was convinced it was … Continue reading →

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