by VM44 4 Replies latest jw friends
This has been brought up in a previous post. In the January 22, 2004 Awake! is an article told by (notice, not "written by") Alton Williams entitled "Why I believe in the Bible? A Nuclear Scientist reports"
Can some scan and post this article?
I think it might be important to go over what is in this article.
--VM44
He is not the only bible believing physicist. Lambert Dolphin, a retired physicist, who worked on some of the most important projects related to space , has a website with loads of scientific and observational material. His website is: www.ldolphin.org He has many links to other creationists oriented scientists. There are many bible believing creationist scientists out there but since ours is a humanist/secular oriented society they usually do not get the recognition that the agnostic/athesist scientists do.
Hi VM44,
I am always humored at how the Watchtower likes to "validate" the Bible using non-JW people of higher educated station in life ... yet, when I became a JW, they often praised the Apostles because the Bible referred to them as "unlettered" and "ordinary" people. I was an engineer for 25 years. 17 of those years were solely in nuclear power construction and operations, with a special focus on destructive and non-destructive testing, research, and development. I too believed in the Bible and was a JW.
Being a person of science does not make one an automatic athiest or agnostic. Science does not make a peson know everything, nor does science make a person draw the correct conclusions. Many good men and women of science can have some intelligent or crazy religious or social views.
Prior to reading Crisis of Conscience, I sensed that something was wrong with the JW religion. One of those realizations took place when the Society published material on nuclear power plants and the fear they would explode, like a bomb. What a bunch of ignorant crap. At the time, I worked at Bechtel Power Corporation in San Francisco, California. They are the most experienced company in nuclear power construction. I worked on reactor physics, testing for all possible worst case scenarios that could occur in a nuclear power plant. Nuclear reactors cannot explode like a bomb. I told the other Elders at the time that I felt I should write to the Society and correct their understanding. But, they discouraged me from making a fuss, and wait on Jehovah to correct the situation.
People who give serious thought to issues, are not afraid to ask tough questions, have intellectual honesty, and most of all are awakened by hard reality are most likely to question God, the Bible and their religious affiliation. These types come from all walks in life ... educated or not ... experienced or not ... what counts is using one's brain in a certain direction ... so, people of science may use their brains well in a certain field of study and professional practice, but be utterly brain-dead in other areas of life.
Jim Whitney
hey Jim, Would you please e-mail me? I lost your email address and your phone number. I will be in your locale in the spring, and would like to meet up with you.
Jim,
Excellent post....I always wanted to say to the elders, when they replied to wait on Jehovah to correct something, that maybe Jehovah would like to use me to do it haha.....too bad they pooh poohed you.....oh well. People who do not understand science tend to lash onto anything negative they here about it..JWs as a group are no different.
Thanks for the info...
