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Quote from minute 18:02 of part one "The conflict between the bible and evolution has been sharp. Never the less, unnecessary friction has been generated. Only in respect to man does the bible declare a special direct creation of God. The statements of Genesis in respect to the lower creatures rather favors something along the lines of specialized evolution."

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Why the Watchtower Study Edition, January 2018, page 26, says: "Satan’s world has made humans suffer for some 6,000 years."? How do they get that calculation? HOW TO BE HAPPY 19. Who can never be really happy? 19 Satan’s world has made humans suffer for some 6,000 years. Now, in the last days of this system, the earth is full of people who focus on themselves, money, and pleasures. They think of what they can get and make their own desires the main thing in life. But people like that cannot be truly happy! In contrast, the Bible says: “Happy is the one who has the God of Jacob as his helper, whose hope is in Jehovah his God.”—Psalm 146:5. https://wol.jw.org/en/wol/d/r1/lp-e/402018246

Do Jehovah's Witnesses Accept Evolution? Some people claim that JWs reject the Theory of Evolution in favor of the Bible's creation account in Genesis. But is that really true? Note these frank admissions in Watch Tower publications: "Scientists have proved evolution to be true." -- Answers to 10 Questions Young People Ask (2016) p. 27 "Evolution is a fact." -- Answers to 10 Questions Young People Ask Work, Volume 2 (2016) p. 27; W13 10/15 p. 11; “Bearing Thorough Witness” About God’s Kingdom (2009) p. 141; G 9/06 p. 22; W04 10/1 p. 10; g90 1/22 pp. 8-10; g87 7/22 p. 10; Life - How Did It Get Here? By Evolution or by Creation? (1985) pp. 26, 180, 181; G74 9/22 p. 26 "Evolution is as much a fact as the heat of the sun." -- G 9/06 p. 13; Was Life Created? (2010) p. 18 "Evolution is as much a fact as the existence of gravity." -- Life - How Did It Get Here? By Evolution or by Creation? (1985) p. 181 "Evolution is a fact; God is a myth." G90 1/22 p.11 "Evolution is a fact. It no longer needs to be proved. No competent scientist doubts it. All educated people believe it. Only the ignorant reject it." G87 1/22 p. 10 "There’s no question that evolution is a fact. We see examples of it every day. No responsible person questions it. It’s as much a fact as gravity and atoms!" -- G74 9/22 p. 17 "The Bible is a myth" and "evolution is true". -- W75 7/15 p. 443; W71 1/15 p. 48; G70 4/22 p. 3 "The theory of evolution is true". -- The Origin of Life—Five Questions Worth Asking (2010) p. 9 AlanF

Origin of the Universe: Gen. 1:1: “In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth.” Astronomer Robert Jastrow wrote: “Now we see how the astronomical evidence leads to a biblical view of the origin of the world. The details differ, but the essential elements in the astronomical and biblical accounts of Genesis are the same: the chain of events leading to man commenced suddenly and sharply at a definite moment in time, in a flash of light and energy.”—God and the Astronomers (New York, 1978), p. 14. JW.ORG