One cannot argue as if one is doing literary criticism, picking and choosing "among facts and theories for ones that support a preexisting point of view. To consider the evidence with an open mind, one must consider all the evidence.
To avoid this and to reach accurate conclusions, we need to consider the evidence with an open mind. In considering questions related to the origin of life, popular opinion or emotion sway many.
3 On page 9 the book states a fine principle of argument: The book will generally be referred to here as " Creation." While it sets forth a number good arguments for creation and against evolution, many of the arguments do not show what they claim or they neglect relevant facts. The Society's latest book on the subject, Life-How Did It Get Here? By Evolution or by Creation? 2 attempts to show how a body of knowledge the Society calls "true science" agrees with the Genesis account and with the Bible generally. The common thread in these changing views, of course, has been that God created everything in the universe in the manner that Genesis describes, and therefore that the theory of evolution must be a false explanation of how life on earth arose. Since The Watchtower magazine began to be published in 1879, the Society's views have changed drastically, 1 often in response to new and indisputable scientific discoveries that have become common knowledge. It has printed two books, several booklets and numerous magazine articles giving its interpretation of the Genesis creation account and attempting to reconcile this account with scientific knowledge. Throughout its history the Watchtower Society has published material on creation and evolution.