by James Mixon 14 Replies latest watchtower bible
When you stood there in front of that Dinosaur display did you connect the
dots, or did you like me believe that they made a mistake in calculating their
ages. No way that mammal could be older then 7000 years, LOL.
After around two or three years out of the borg I was visiting the LA museum
with my grandson, I stood there in front of a million old mammal and thought WTH
was I thinking. The Bible can really mass up your brain and being a JW just make
you brain dead.
I thought at the time when I was a JW, oh sure they found all the bones
together in one mass hole and they just selected different bones and
constructed this dinosaur, but it prove there was a flood.
I never belived that dinos died at the Flood, T-rex was vegetarian, or that the "Creative Days" were only 7000 years each.
It was actually suggested to me by one elder to "be careful"... and implying that the WTS needed to assert these things, because if it didn't, it was a slippery slope to accepting evolution.
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I suppose, in retrospect, he was right.
injusticesystem - " I marvelled how 'the world' could be so wrong so often...
I remember thinking that on occasion, too (despite the revelation of my previous post).
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Eventually, I realized that that attitude stemmed from ideology being given precedence over facts and evidence.
And when that happened, I also concluded that any belief system that favored ideology in spite of facts and evidence was inherently and irrevocably flawed, because, in the end, the facts and evidence would inevitably overwhelm any ideology-biased conclusions no matter how much the idealist wanted otherwise.
I believed what my dad told me, that Dino's were big massive vegetation lawn mowers that would later die and provide oil for humans later. He believed this was all in Jehovah's plan...yeh right...oil!!
when I was young there was a lot more church attendance and a higher percentage that believed the Bible was from God so it was not just JW'S. I recently was viewing an old Looney Tunes cartoon, black and white so really old, and in it was a caveman alongside dinosaurs. I think it was more or less the general opinion in the mid 20th century among the bible believing populace that Dino's and humans coexisted. No one really Thought about it so when we saw Dino bones at a museum we just went "ooh, isn't that big?"
It wasn't until the Internet for me that I started putting the time frames together and THINKING about it and it truly was wtf moment. Before I just didn't go any deeper than what I was told and I think JW'S aren't the only ones that did that.
Just for anyone visiting London....
The British Museum contains archaeological antiquities "acquired" from all parts of the globe but is particularly renowned for it's ancient middle east and Egyptian artefacts. There has been increasing contention about the circumstances under which lots of objects were obtained during the time of the British Empire. On the other hand, you could say having a load of material safely stored in London is a hell of a lot safer than anywhere ISIL are active ATM.
The Natural History Museum is where you need to go for fossils.
Both are free to visit, only special exhibitions are charged for. Great fun can be had on most Saturday mornings at the BM when, as already mentioned, "tour guide" dubs lead coach loads of Witnesses (all dressed up) around looking at artefacts that supposedly confirm Biblical events. Just follow along then drop in some choice questions about 607...
