Do you believe in evolution or what your holy book says?

[widdly]

I would be very interested in a thread about the differences between JW's and other Christianity

[Peg]

i'd be happy to contribute to a thread about jw's beliefs and how they differ from the mainstream.

[Bumperstump Cummerbund]

There was a thread about this not too long ago - let me look it up when I get home and I'll post the link, rather than starting a new one

And Peg, I gotta spread the love apparently, but thanks for explaining that so well, I certainly wouldn't have made as much sense!

[Peg]

And Peg, I gotta spread the love apparently, but thanks for explaining that so well, I certainly wouldn't have made as much sense!

thanks, i just hope it was clear to everyone else lol

[Epacris]

Hi Cricket, thanks for your detailed response.

I mostly have a problem with what you have written here:

To return to the evolution thing briefly - development and speciallization within a species is evident. I'm not denying that. However, when these things happen, information is LOST. New information is not created. Diversity was possible within the genetic code of the creature, and due to environmental circumstances, individual animals with certain traits had the advantage over others, and so that trait became dominant, and the other genetic information was lost over time, or preserved in another variety of that species, living in different circumstances. I believe this is sometimes called micro-evolution. Macro-evolution, in which fish become birds, for example, and new genetic information is created, is an entirely different thing, and that is what evolution is based on. I do not believe this ever happened.

This may be what you believe but it is not scientifically correct. New genetic information is created all the time in all sorts of different ways but mostly though recombination via sexual reproduction and mutation. Also, scientifically one species doesn’t turn into another one, they evolve from a common ancestor. As a scientist, I think you are misrepresenting science to describe it as you have. If you want to believe that that’s what happens, that’s fine, but I wanted to correct the record for science.

Of course I am not going to be able to show you the formation of a new species but I suspect that even if I could, you won’t believe it anyway, because you’re just not ever going to, that’s just not who you are. The scientific evidence that I have studied and see in the field is more than enough "proof" for me.

I'm sorry that you are feeling attacked by some of the comments in the thread, Epacris. It certainly isn't my intention to attack you.

No, no, not all, I am sorry if I have given that impression (surely I didn’t ). But I was hurt by a careless choice of words. It is a very short shuffle from saying "what you believe in is crazy" to "you are crazy" and I know I most certainly am not.

[Bumperstump Cummerbund]

I found it! This was started as a question thread about certain beliefs of JW's, so feel free to put any questions in there, no matter how dumb you think they might be (they're not dumb!), and we can have a good 'ole discussion