Awake January 2015: How did life begin? - More misquotes

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  • Designer Stubble
    Designer Stubble

    SOME might assume that a scientifically-minded person would pick “evolution” and that a religious person would pick “creation.” But not always.

    Rama Singh, professor of biology at Canada’s McMaster University, says: “The opposition to evolution goes beyond religious fundamentalism and includes a great many people from educated sections of the population.”

    end-of-quote in Awake

    Actual Rama quote however continues:

    ...who may not be logically opposed to evolution nevertheless do not accept it. This is because the process of and the evidence for evolution are invisible to a nonspecialist, or the theory may look too simple to explain complex traits to some, or because people compare evolution against God and find evolutionary explanations threatening to their beliefs. Considering how evolution affects our lives, including health and the environment to give just two examples, [u]a basic course in evolution should become a required component[/u] of all our college and university educational systems.

    Then the article continues by naming a "Gerard", professor of Entomology. His last name is not mentioned anywhere, although he is referenced THREE times in this article. They may as well call him "Andre".

    And what I mention here is just the tip of the iceberg. Anyone slightly educated in Evolution will blast this Awake to pieces. Google may be my friend, but certainly not that of the WTBTS.

  • Phizzy
    Phizzy

    send a copy to Rama Singh.

  • sir82
    sir82

    That's infuriating.

    They were exposed as doing this exact thing dozens of times in the old "Creation" book, and they are doing it again.

    This is willful and intentional lying.

    Here is the source of the quote:

    http://www.nrcresearchpress.com/doi/pdf/10.1139/g11-046

  • Designer Stubble
    Designer Stubble

    I have emailed Dr. Singh:

    Dear Dr. Singh,

    In the January 2015 Awake article, published by Jehovah's Witnesses, you are misquoted, from what I can tell. The article, "How did life begin", states on page 3: Rama Singh, professor of biology at Canada’s McMaster University, says: “The opposition to evolution goes beyond religious fundamentalism and includes a great many people from educated sections of the population.” The quote ends there, but I believe based on Darwin's Legacy, should continue: ...who may not be logically opposed to evolution nevertheless do not accept it. This is because the process of and the evidence for evolution are invisible to a nonspecialist, or the theory may look too simple to explain complex traits to some, or because people compare evolution against God and find evolutionary explanations threatening to their beliefs. Considering how evolution affects our lives, including health and the environment to give just two examples, a basic course in evolution should become a required component of all our college and university educational systems. By misquoting you, the reader is misled. The article can be found here: http://www.jw.org/en/publications/magazines/g201501/evolution-vs-creation/ I thought you should know this and would be interested in knowing your thoughts. Kind regards,

    DS

  • XkhanX
    XkhanX

    Interesting. I hope to read his response. I will be furious if anyone misquote my writing to further their hidden agenda.

  • undercover
    undercover

    marked

    I'd be interested to see if he responds, and shared here

  • bohm
    bohm

    Marked. Interesting.

    It is good to see they wheel out good old Behe.

  • breakfast of champions
    breakfast of champions

    Maybe "Gerard" is a mononymous scientist, you know, like Einstein or Oppenheimer. . . ..

  • wallsofjericho
  • Oubliette
    Oubliette

    Designer Stubble, please let us know if Singh responds.

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