What do Jehovah's Witnesses believe about evolution?

(4) On April 23, 2011 at 12:25 pm Vogularis [0] said:

The fact that the JWs accept that there are processes that maintain the physical creation do are not to be credited for this acceptance because despite that acceptance they deny the impact and changes that these processes can have ON the physical creation. It's like saying 'yes, there's a sun, but it's not needed to make plants grow'. Or 'yes there are earthquakes and volcanic eruptions but they don't change landscapes'. For the JWs to say that God created the universe and then substitute scientific evidence that point to HOW He did this, with their own unscientific and non-factual views points out that they are not really serious about the sciences which they claim to accept. They only don't want to be seen as complete idiots for denying evidence. I am a Christian myself and I accept evolution recognizing that there simply is no information or commandment or any other divine edict that forces us to accept that God created the earth in seven actual days. That idea is as foolish as saying that the earth is flat, especially when there is more than enough evidence that proves otherwise.

(3) On April 2, 2010 at 12:10 pm Nij [0] said:

Exactly what do the first and third answers try to make a point of?

Evolution doesn't attempt to explain where life came from at all, just how it turned into what it is now.

It also has nothing to do with how the planets formed, and the analogy used is a complete failure at understanding the most simple ideas of gravity.

Human have been to the depths of the oceans actually; not very often, but it has been done.

All the question requires is a few sentences: what do Jehovah's Witnesses believe about evolution? It surely isn't hard to just write these down, instead of making failed attacks on evolution itself.

If any of those answers are intended as scientifically accurate, I would not hesitate to remove them. However, I leave them as examples of how many religious fundies fail to actually get what they are protesting to be the "work of the devil".

(2) On September 13, 2009 at 11:10 pm Dthorn87 [0] said:

Evolution is a theory. My view is that the bible itself is a theory. Written so far past the actual events, probably by people who were eating something similar to LSD and hearing voices and seeing visions. The bible is the word of man not the word of God. I'm sure I'll hear that it was all inspired by God, but do you really believe God has time to worry about what the Jewish people eat, or what kind of clothes people wear, etc. It's so petty when he has so many crisis going on with people starving and man raping the earth to fill their own pockets. And I know he sees all and knows all, but come on, he doesn't care what we eat unless we're gluttons.

(1) On September 10, 2008 at 10:04 pm Grevillea [3405] said:

Moved from the main page:

"Answer: The last answer disproves itself. Something did happen to those rocks thrown into the air, they fell down didn't they? Thus they "clumped together" with the earth due to the gravity produced by it. If any rocks would come in to the vicinity of earth in space they would "fall" down on earth and thus make the earth a tiny bit larger each time."

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