CREATION
(See also Creationism; Creative Days; Creator; Dualism; Earth; Evening; Evolution; Man [Men]; Mankind; Matter; Morning; Universe)
(Note centered heading below: Quotations)
age of material: g69 11/8 29
angels: w65 708; im 126-127; w63 733-734; w61 56, 105; w56 722; w55 570; nh 26-31; w44 22; tf 48-53; w30 163
appreciating Jehovah’s creations: g83 1/22 20-21
balance of life: g63 12/22 14-15; g62 1/22 11; g62 5/8 26
before it existed: po 26
Bible account: ce 25-37; gh 58-65; nh 34-70
expanse: ce 28; pa 11-13; nh 43-45; tf 62-65; w32 202-203
flying creatures: ce 32; w63 223; nh 54-58
harmony with science: w85 6/1 4; ce 36-37
heavens: gh 58; w62 426, 612-613; tc 3-6; nh 19-26; tf 40-53; g35 2/27 350-351; w32 104
Jesus accepted account: is 33; g67 2/22 5-6; g64 7/22 7; g61 5/22 3; w56 126; nh 67; rm 42-43
land and seas: ce 29-31; pa 11-12; nh 45-46; w32 204
land creatures: ce 33-34; w63 223; nh 58-60; tf 66-68
light and darkness: ce 27-28; is 20-22; w62 166-167; pa 10-13; nh 39-43, 50-51; w31 249-250
luminaries: ce 31-32; ad 1087; pa 13; nh 50-53
origin: ns 31
sea creatures: ce 32; ad 1461; nh 54-58; tf 66-67
use of terms “create” and “make”: ad 1087; is 21-22; im 138; nh 51, 55-56, 63-64
vegetation: ce 30-31; ad 1630-1631; is 23-25; w56 126-127; nh 47-49; tf 63-65
building blocks: ce 121-122; g72 3/8 12-15
chance: ce 36-37; sc 14-16; g75 3/22 23
clergy viewpoint: g73 10/22 22; is 11, 33; g67 2/22 6; g64 7/22 5-6; w63 7; yb63 6-7; g63 5/22 31; w58 509; g56 6/22 6; w53 362; w52 715; g47 7/8 22-23
complexity: ce 48-49; g80 8/22 26
confirmed: g65 4/8 6-7; w64 586-590; w63 459; g63 4/22 4-7, 20-21; w62 426; w61 390-392, 489-490; ns 100; g61 9/8 20; w60 181; g58 2/22 12; g58 6/22 9-11; w56 190, 230, 232; g56 4/22 5; w54 541; g54 10/8 6; bn 21-24; lg 85; g52 6/22 5-9; g51 3/8 15-16; w50 424; ew 35-36, 39; ep 19
contrasted with evolution: ce 112-113; g78 8/22 7-9
design: ce 18, 142-147, 150-159; g78 4/8 3-19
dinosaurs: w73 447
discussion: ce 7-11, 25-37, 115-118, 120-127, 129-178; g83 3/22 12-15; gh 58-65; ad 390-394
earth: ce 129-141; w76 681-682; ad 476; g71 1/8 5; w70 119; ev 97; g67 4/22 29; g64 5/8 7; w63 256, 459-460; g63 4/22 4-7; g63 5/22 31; g63 10/8 6-9; w62 165, 426; w61 390-391; ns 14; g61 5/22 23; pa 9-13; w56 723-724; g56 7/8 14; nh 34-53; bn 21-22; g52 6/22 5-9; w50 423; ew 35-36; w44 180; tf 54-68
evidence of Creator: ce 37, 115-118, 120-127, 129-178; g85 7/8 9-11; g84 9/22 8-10; w83 9/15 30; sc 10, 12-22; g83 8/8 11; g83 12/22 16; g82 9/8 5; g82 10/8 3-13; w81 2/15 3-5; w81 12/1 15; g81 1/8 25; g81 2/22 12-13; g81 9/22 4-7, 12-17; w80 2/1 3-5; hp 10-12, 14-16, 18-20; g80 4/8 16; g80 5/22 24; g80 9/22 5-8; w79 3/15 3-8; g79 1/8 4-15; g79 1/22 29-30; g79 3/8 16-22; g79 4/8 4-5; g79 11/8 7-15; w78 4/15 23; w78 5/15 16-17; w78 7/15 5-8, 14-18; g78 4/8 3-19; w77 419-420, 429; lp 5-24; w76 579-582; gh 6-7; yy 10, 12-17; ml 6-7; g75 4/8 8-9; w74 643; w74 720; g74 1/22 9-11, 13; g74 2/8 15-16; g74 2/22 15; g74 3/8 23; g74 3/22 14, 26; g74 5/22 22; g74 9/22 29; g74 10/8 7-8; g74 10/22 30; w73 35-36; w73 163-164; g73 5/22 6-8, 13; g73 10/22 8-12, 15-21, 24-25; w72 168, 388; pm 147; g72 10/22 4-9; w71 43-46; w71 152; w71 325-327; w71 613; ad 1618; te 18; nc 4-5; g71 4/8 6-7; g71 7/22 17-18; g71 8/8 3-7; g71 8/22 11-12; g71 9/8 7; w70 360-361; g70 5/22 11-12; w69 43-44, 73-74, 625-626; g69 2/8 25; g69 8/8 3; g69 10/8 11; g68 12/22 8; w67 470, 549-550, 715; ev 116-126; g67 1/22 18; g67 4/22 20-27; g67 9/22 11; g67 12/8 7; g67 12/22 10; g66 9/22 7; w63 549; g63 4/22 5-7, 23-25; g63 10/8 3-18; w62 165-168, 295-296, 421-424; w61 341, 390-392; g61 11/22 5-7
book “Dieu existe? Oui” (Does God Exist? Yes): g80 6/22 24
brain: ce 18-19
design of living things: ce 142-147, 150-159; w84 7/1 23
earth: ce 129-141
eye: ce 18
flying creatures: ce 153-154; g63 12/22 13
fossil record: ce 54-70
instinct: ce 160-163, 166-167; g63 10/8 13-15
order: ce 118, 120-125; g85 7/8 10-11
sea creatures: g63 10/8 10-12
symbiosis: ce 145-146
universe: ce 115-118, 120-127
vegetation: w71 152; g63 10/8 16-18; g63 12/22 13
evidence of Jehovah’s supremacy: w64 284; g64 4/8 5-6; w63 555-556
first: po 26-29; ad 918; im 119-122; ms 132; w62 594-595; wr 46-48; pa 19; w56 527; nh 22-33; lg 25, 32; tf 40-43; w32 90-92
“firstborn of all creation” (Col 1:15): g79 4/8 28-29; hs 27-29; ad 918; ms 132; nh 23-24; lg 32-33; w32 92
Genesis 1 and 2 harmonious: ce 34; w56 126-127; g45 10/24 16-18; tf 72
holy spirit used: hs 13-15; ad 1544
identifying the Creator: g63 10/8 19-20
learning from: ce 152-159; w75 560; ts 145-148
light’s effects: g71 7/8 13-15
love shown: w52 626-629; gw 13-18; w30 122-125
man: dt 3-5; gh 69-71; w74 594; po 33-42; ts 29-30; w73 77-78; ad 23, 33; g71 4/8 7; w68 499-500, 619-620; rl 9-12; g67 3/22 6; li 27-29, 43, 323; g66 1/8 22; im 138-140, 155; w64 326, 586-590; w63 208, 460, 616; wg 9-10; g63 4/22 8-18; g63 10/8 9; g61 5/22 23; g61 12/8 21-22; w60 649-651; pa 18-26; w55 370-371, 465; nh 61-70, 364; w39 269; g39 5/3 21; hs34 24-25; w32 73-75; de 3-10; w31 75
in God’s image and likeness: lp 49
limited understanding of: ce 169; g80 8/22 26
marvels: g65 2/22 16; g65 9/22 25-27; g65 10/22 24-26; w64 284; g64 4/8 13-16; g64 8/22 9-12; g64 9/22 21-24; g64 10/22 20-23; g64 12/8 20; g63 10/8 3-23; w62 298-299; g62 2/22 4; w61 489-490; g61 1/22 31; g61 2/8 24-26; g61 7/8 25-26; g61 12/22 24; g59 4/22 13-15; g57 6/8 17-19; g57 9/8 21-23; g57 9/22 3-4; g57 10/8 13-15; w56 102; g56 5/8 14-15; g56 10/8 13-15; g55 1/8 17-19; g55 11/8 16; g54 5/8 19; g54 9/22 9-11; ew 35-36, 42-45
materialistic philosophy: im 14-15
measuring age: is 27-29; g62 10/22 9-11; g58 3/8 12-15; g58 4/22 22; w56 723; w53 675; nh 34-35; w52 644; g52 2/8 13-20; g52 2/22 16; g52 8/8 17; g48 11/22 24-26; g46 1/16 16-17; g39 5/3 21
microscopic: g74 1/22 9-13
misconceptions: g65 4/8 6-8; nh 35; bn 23-26
Genesis “days” 24 hours: ce 26-27
moon: g78 2/22 18-19; gh 64; g73 5/22 8
music that “nature” supplies: g77 11/8 11-12
orderliness: ce 118, 120-125; g85 7/8 10-11; g78 6/22 17-19; w77 429; g74 1/22 9-13; w73 35-36; w72 265; g72 10/22 5; g71 8/8 3-7; w70 172; w67 37-39; w65 229; im 120; w64 588; g63 10/8 4-5; g62 9/8 5; w61 187, 489; w58 433; w56 722; w55 276-278, 301-302; nh 54; ew 35-36; tf 27
order of appearance of life: ce 36-37; g54 10/8 6; bn 24; ew 39
pagan accounts: ad 392-393, 643-644; is 12
Babylonian: ce 35; w80 10/1 5; ad 392-393; is 12; w63 692
Buddhist belief: g61 4/22 15
Egyptian: w80 10/1 5; is 12
Genesis account not drawn from: ce 35
‘preaching in all creation’ (Col 1:23): hs 126
pulsars: g84 9/22 9
purpose: tr 20; w68 580-581; w64 137; w59 27; yw 41-42; w51 421; rm 56; tf 56; g35 2/27 347-351; de 6-7
scientists’ attempts to create life: ce 40-41, 50-51; w82 6/1 15; hp 12; g75 12/8 21
seas: ad 1461; w62 165-166
“set free from enslavement to corruption” (Ro 8:21): w80 4/1 20-21; w71 431; li 57
stars: gh 64
sun: gh 64
taught in colleges: g78 8/22 5-9
teaching of in schools: g72 10/22 29
universe: ce 125-127; g84 3/8 30; g84 3/22 17; g81 8/8 29; w79 6/15 11; g79 7/22 20; w78 4/15 23
big bang theory: ce 126-127, 202; g81 2/22 11-12
variation within “kinds”: ce 105-110; g59 12/8 6; pa 14-15; bn 28; g51 12/22 14-15
variety: ts 145-146
why scientists do not acknowledge: ce 183, 186-187; w79 6/15 11; g75 3/8 31
wisdom shown: g74 1/22 9-13; g74 2/22 15; w73 163-164; g73 4/8 20-23; g73 5/22 6-8, 13; g73 7/8 5-8; w72 388; g72 10/22 4-9; w71 325-327; ad 83, 1259; g71 8/22 10-12; w70 361; g70 8/22 24; g70 11/22 19; g69 1/22 24; w68 204-205; g68 2/8 8; g68 3/8 3-4; g68 5/22 15; g68 7/22 27; w67 39-40; g66 1/8 20; g66 8/22 9-11; g64 8/22 9-12; g64 10/22 20-23; w63 549-550; g63 3/22 8-12; g63 4/22 7, 23-25; g63 10/8 3-19; g63 12/22 14-15; w62 165-168, 293-296, 298-299, 421-424, 426, 447; g62 7/22 17-19; w61 187, 643-644; g61 11/22 5-7; g61 12/8 21; pa 9, 15; w57 659-660; g57 9/22 3-4; g56 5/8 12-16; ew 35-36; w47 247
woman: dt 5-7; po 46-47; ad 1664; li 45-47; w65 168; w63 223; g63 12/8 13-14; ns 33, 35; w60 650-651; pa 24-25; w56 530; nh 66-67; el 157; w47 20-21
Quotations
80 percent of scientists would admit that biology and life are regulated by some higher power: hp 13
adjustments of earth for life far too numerous to be accounted for by chance: w80 2/1 4
all clues of science point to a time of creation: w56 232
back of all this order must be Supreme Being: g71 8/8 5
basic facts of the fossil record support creation, not evolution: ce 70
Bible account wholly in line with modern idea: w60 181
Bible anticipated modern science: w64 586
bodies of animals contrived with art: w56 230
cannot doubt existence of Supreme Intelligence: g63 10/8 19
chance a synonym for God: w67 550
construction of man convinces me of wisdom of Deity: g61 12/8 21
convinced of God by order: g73 3/8 29
difficult to understand the scientist who does not acknowledge the presence of a superior rationality: g79 11/8 6
everywhere we look in the Universe we encounter order: hp 19
evidences of God found in universe governed by orderliness: w67 38
exclaim with wonder at orderly sweep of stars: w67 38
final scientific proof for the act of creation: g79 1/22 29-30
fossils appeared suddenly: g51 3/8 15-16
God a mathematician of a very high order: w64 284
God used very advanced mathematics in constructing the universe: w80 2/1 4; g72 10/22 5; g71 8/8 5
harmony of natural law reveals an intelligence of superiority compared with human thinking: w81 2/15 3
heavens created about same time as earth: bn 22
I could prove God statistically: g79 1/8 11
idea of chance is repugnant: w59 509
idea that there is a God who created the universe is scientifically plausible: hp 19
if there is a mystery about the creation of matter, there would be a still greater mystery about the creation of arbitrary laws to govern it: g84 3/8 10
inescapable conclusion is that creation occurred: w61 390
inspires reverence: g63 10/8 19
instant of creation remains a mystery (maybe God did make it, after all): ce 126-127; g79 11/8 29
intelligence manifest in nature: gh 53; w69 625; w66 457; w65 227
it is incontrovertible that where there is a plan there is intelligence: g63 10/8 19
matter must be credited with attributes belonging to God: g67 6/8 30
more reasonable to believe in Creator than in eternally existing cosmos: w61 391
natural law reveals superior Intelligence: g71 8/8 4-5
no chemist can start life: w64 586
no thing can create itself: g65 11/22 8
nothing excludes possibility of special creation: w69 568
order and design in nature demands a Designer: w71 152
order and design point to Supreme Being: g56 4/22 5
probability of life, originating at random is so utterly minuscule as to make it absurd: w81 12/1 15
probability of world having resulted by chance remote: w56 190
recognition of design in nature is a conclusion which has stood the test of thousands of years: g82 10/8 8
science lights only middle chapter of creation: g64 4/22 9
science proves universe had a beginning: w61 391
solar system could only proceed from the counsel of an intelligent and powerful Being: w80 2/1 4
solar system not result of chance: g58 2/22 12
system of suns, planets, could only arise from the purpose and sovereignty of a mighty being: w67 37; w61 187
testifies to the truth of ... ‘In the beginning God’: g63 10/8 19
that all conditions for life would have been fulfilled by chance is one in billions: w56 230
these laws demand belief in Lawgiver, which I call God: w67 40
time when universe and matter did not exist: w60 181
universe of comparatively recent beginning: g60 11/22 8
universe of Law and Order; administration rational: g63 10/8 3; g60 11/22 21
viewing reaches of space confirms belief in Creator: g72 10/22 5; g70 1/22 30
we are forced by science to believe with perfect confidence in a Directive Power: g79 1/8 11