somebodylovesme said:
: I am in the process of hunting down every "source" the JWs use in their books to "discredit" evolution. I think it could be fun. For instance - Robert Jastrow, the first scientist cited in the Reasoning book, wrote in the same book: "The fact of evolution is not in doubt" (The Enchanted Loom, pg. 96).
: Has anyone done this before? I don't trust the Society to be academically honest, so I am especially interested in checking out those quotes that have "..." between lines -- meaning they could and probably did eliminate important qualifiers.
Yes, I have. I've looked up about 90% of the references in the first half of the Creation book and have documented more than 100 instances of misrepresentation, misquoting, misunderstanding and outright deception. You can find the material here: http://www.geocities.com/osarsif/ce01.htm . The Watchtower author/compiler, one Harry Peloyan, who has long been the editor-in-chief of Awake! magazine, often uses "..." between the lines to deceive readers.
If you want to do this yourself, be prepared to spend upwards of 1000 hours looking for the references. Some are nearly impossible to find, having come from publications with very little circulation. I found it difficult to even find out what some publications were. I never could find some.
You'll also find some material on the newer Creator book here: http://www.geocities.com/osarsif/creator.htm
And you can find some stuff on the connection between JWs and Young-Earth Creationists here: http://www.geocities.com/osarsif/yec1.htm
AlanF
