I have some Jehovah's Witness relatives that, whenever the opportunity arises, point out the marvels of design 'evident' in the plant and animal kingdom. The way they all interact amongst themselves. Marvellous. Bloody marvellous. (My emphasis is on the 'bloody' bit)
They probably think that that is the way God designed everything, way, way back when the days were 7,000 years long. Or as they seem to be now, even longer.
However, God didn't design it that way. Not 48,000 years ago. Not 'at least' thousands of years ago. Not millions of years ago.
He absolutely, back to the drawing board, let's clear the decks and start all over again, shit, what do I do now,
re-designed everything from the bottom up, 4,382 years ago.
What we see around us today, (best described as bloody carnage)
was re-designed in 2370 BC.
just about the time that Stonehenge was being built and a few hundred years after the Great Pyramid of Giza.
The way animals interact with each other today has no likeness with the way God originally designed things, i.e. everything then was vegetarian.
So remember, the next time a Jehovah's Witness extols the virtues of God's 'wonderful design' please correct them by saying
God's wonderful re-design.
Awake 1986 1/22nd January pp. 29-30
Watching the World ***What was the air like 4,600 years ago? That is what scientists are hoping to discover when they penetrate an underground chamber on the southwest side of the Great Pyramid of Giza. The 96-foot-long (29 m) chamber, covered by 4- to 6-foot-thick (1.2 to 1.8 m) limestone slabs, is thought to house a second ancient funerary boat for the "soul" of Pharaoh Cheops. The first-only 12 feet (3.7 m) away from the current site-was discovered in 1954. That wooden vessel, 130 feet (40 m) in length and excellently preserved, is on display in a museum built for it. The two pits, some 30 feet (9 m) deep and covered with 10 feet (3 m) of rubble, escaped the ravages of time and tomb robbers. It is expected that the second will be like the first-hermetically sealed by gypsum cement, thus trapping the ancient air. Space-age technology will be used to penetrate the chamber without introducing outside air. This will enable the scientists to measure particularly the carbon dioxide and carbon monoxide in the interior air, compare them with present levels, and perhaps throw some light on the question of whether the earth is really warming up as is believed by some scientists.
Watchtower 1954 1st August p. 478 The Purpose of Your Witnessing ***Each creative day was 7,000 years in length. See "New Heavens and a New Earth", pages 40-43.