who knows.
In the beginning God created the heavens and the Earth...
by geek 27 Replies latest jw friends
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geek
Thanks for taking the time to think about this and get back to me, I was hoping to get back on here yesterday but didn't manage it. I guess the biggest thing for me is that I cant get my head around life not existing and then suddenly existing. If we were talking about bacteria or even plants then yes ok, maybe, it would still seem far fetched but maybe. But human life, no way, that couldn't just appear or even evolve. I'll admit I'm no scientist but it makes no sense. I really feel I have a soul, or a life force, whatever you want to call it, more than just my personality, its something within which is separate from my physical body. I havnt learnt this from my JW upbringing obviously, its just something I sense. Also, I cant understand why the bible, if it was from God, why was it written the way it was? I find it more difficult to trust because it was written over such a long period by so many writers. Ive found out that there is actually lots of manuscripts left over from the bible, books that they decided to leave out when they put the bible together. Which leads me to think that the bible is just the philosophy of men at that time, rather than from God. I wonder why, if it really was from God, why didnt he create it, why didnt he just have it miraculously appear? Then I would find it much more difficult to doubt. Which ultimately would lead to more believers.
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cofty
Geek - It's difficult to grasp that something as complex as a human could come through an unguided process.
I have been reading about evolution for the past 10 years and have only scratched the surface. It is astonishing. I was amazed at how ignorant I had been previously.
You may enjoy reading through the Common Ancestry thread...
Here are some books you will find interesting. Take your time and feel free to ask questions, we were once where you are now - some still are.
"The making of the fittest" by Sean B Carroll
"Evolution, what the fossils say" by Donald Prothero
"Why Evolution is true" by Jerry Coyne
"Your Inner Fish" by Neil Shubin
"The Greatest Show on Earth" by Dawkins (Summary of part of it here...)
"Life Ascending" by Nick Lane
"Endless Forms Most Beautiful" by Sean B. Carroll.
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Newly Enlightened
Geek: You might find this interesting. From what I've been learning about the Hebrew language, it loses the true meaning and SYMBOLISM when translated.
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OnTheWayOut
Why didn't He have the book miraculously appear?
You mean sort of like He did with the Book of Mormon through Joseph Smith?
That's too obvious a con. That's why.
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Mahtaw
Evolution may not make tons of sense, but neither does the bible. I don't really know the answers. There really aren't any solid answers that we know of it seems like.
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cofty
Evolution may not make tons of sense
It really does.
It's the creationist's willfully misleading version of evolution that doesn't make sense.
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cantleave
Evolution makes total sense!
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geek
Dont say evolution makes sense! Dont say evolution makes sense! I'd rather believe anything than believe evolution. This cant be it, there cant be nothing after this! I think just with a few posts you have made me realise something. I am petrified of evolution being true. I guess this is mankinds problem...