They are stressing at the convention that the end could be any day now - but yet they are choosing to do a special campaign on some old book they have in stock at the hall about evolution? Am I missing something here? Where is the urgent warning to get out of Babylon the Great as it will collapse any day now?
hey lovelylil,
the reason why the issue of evolution vs. creation is SO important to the WTBTS now is because they have painted themselves into a doctrinal corner with their literal bible interpretations. so they do not have the luxury of being "liberal" about the issue. if the went back on the evolution thing, the entire doctrine structure would collapse in on itself. everything from perfection to imperfection, genetic inheritance and the need for salvation.
for example, if there were tens of thousands of homosapiens living on the planet at the time the WTS says adam and eve fell from perfection, well then even if adam and eve did exist the chances of you or i descending from them is highly unlikely. plus, genetic evidence suggests that we come from a population of early homosapiens about 190 000 years ago, not two individuals 6000 years ago. so, in other words, the WTS is screwed, and they know it. once you start learning about biology and anthropology, you can see how that entire religion doesn't make anymore sense.
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