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A plant sprouts from the ground on a sunny day." width="1200" height="303" class="north_center" /> </figure> </div> <p class="contextTtl" id="p1" data-pid="1"><span id="page25" class="pageNum" aria-hidden="true" data-no="25" data-before-text="25"></span><strong>LESSON 06</strong></p> <h1 id="p2" data-pid="2"><strong>How Did Life Begin?</strong></h1> </header> <div class="clearfix alternatePresentation clickable noTooltips "> <div class="thumbnail"> <img src="/en/wol/mp/r1/lp-e/lff/2021/182" class="lightbox" data-alt-src="/en/wol/mp/r1/lp-e/lff/2021/185" data-alt-type="svg"/> </div> <div class="title">Printed Edition</div> </div> <div class="clearfix alternatePresentation clickable noTooltips hidden"> <div class="thumbnail"> <img src="/en/wol/mp/r1/lp-e/lff/2021/183" class="lightbox" data-alt-src="/en/wol/mp/r1/lp-e/lff/2021/186" data-alt-type="svg"/> </div> <div class="title">Printed Edition</div> </div> <div class="clearfix alternatePresentation clickable noTooltips hidden"> <div class="thumbnail"> <img src="/en/wol/mp/r1/lp-e/lff/2021/184" class="lightbox" data-alt-src="/en/wol/mp/r1/lp-e/lff/2021/187" data-alt-type="svg"/> </div> <div class="title">Printed Edition</div> </div> <div class="bodyTxt"> <div id="tt4"> <p id="p3" data-pid="3">“With [God] is the source of life.” (<a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1102021206/0/0" data-bid="1-1" class="b">Psalm 36:9</a>) Do you believe that? Some people think that life came from random, undirected events. If that is true, then we exist only because of an accident. But if Jehovah God created life, it would have a purpose, would it not?<a id="footnotesource1" data-fnid="1" class="fn" href="/en/wol/fn/r1/lp-e/1102021206/0">a</a> Consider the Bible’s account of the origin of life and also why that account is reasonable.</p> <h3 class="du-color--gold-700 du-fontSize--base du-margin-top--8" id="p4" data-pid="4"><strong>1. How did the universe begin?</strong></h3> <p id="p5" data-pid="5">The Bible states: <strong>“In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth.”</strong> (<a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1102021206/1/0" data-bid="2-1" class="b">Genesis 1:1</a>) Most scientists agree that the universe had a beginning. How did God create it? He used his “active force”—his holy spirit—to make everything in the universe, including galaxies, stars, and planets.—<a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1102021206/2/0" data-bid="3-1" class="b">Genesis 1:2</a>.</p> <h3 class="du-color--gold-700 du-fontSize--base du-margin-top--8" id="p6" data-pid="6"><strong>2. Why did God create the earth?</strong></h3> <p id="p7" data-pid="7">Jehovah <strong>“did not create [the earth] simply for nothing, but formed it to be inhabited.”</strong> (<a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1102021206/3/0" data-bid="4-1" class="b">Isaiah 45:18</a>) He made our planet to be a comfortable and permanent home for humans. (Read <a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1102021206/4/0" data-bid="5-1" class="b">Isaiah 40:28;</a><a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1102021206/4/1" data-bid="5-2" class="b"> 42:5</a>.) Science reveals that the earth is unique. It is the only known planet that can sustain human life.</p> <h3 class="du-color--gold-700 du-fontSize--base du-margin-top--8" id="p8" data-pid="8"><strong>3. What makes humans unlike the animals?</strong></h3> <p id="p9" data-pid="9">After he made the earth, Jehovah created life on it. First, he filled the earth with plants and animals. Then, <strong>“God went on to create <em>the man</em> in his image.”</strong> (Read <a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1102021206/5/0" data-bid="6-1" class="b">Genesis 1:27</a>.) What makes humans unique? Since we are made in God’s image, we can reflect his qualities, such as love and justice. He also created us with the ability to learn languages, appreciate art, and enjoy music. And unlike any animal, we can worship our Creator.</p> </div> <div id="tt8"> <div id="tt9" class="dc-bleedToArticleEdge dc-paddingToContentEdge dc-bgImageLayout--matchContainerWidth-bottom du-bgColor--cyan-50 du-margin-top--12 du-padding-top--12 du-padding-bottom--4 suppressZoom" style="background-image: url('/en/wol/mp/r1/lp-e/lff/2021/190')" data-bg-image="/en/wol/mp/r1/lp-e/lff/2021/190" data-bg-image-label=""><h2 class="du-color--coolGray-400 du-fontSize--basePlus1 du-letterSpacing--8 du-constrainStylesToTextWidth du-borderStyle-top--solid du-borderColor-top--coolGray-400 du-borderWidth-top--4 du-margin-top--0 du-padding-top--4" id="p10" data-pid="10"><span id="page26" class="pageNum" aria-hidden="true" data-no="26" data-before-text="26"></span><strong>DIG DEEPER</strong></h2> <div id="tt11" class="du-fontSize--basePlus1"> <p id="p11" data-pid="11">Consider the evidence that life was designed and that the Bible’s creation account is reasonable. Learn what the qualities in humans teach us about God.</p> </div> <div id="tt12" class="dc-columns-desktopOnly du-margin-top--8"> <div id="tt13" class="dc-column-width--twoThirds du-margin-inlineEnd-desktopOnly--8"> <h3 class="du-color--gold-800 du-margin-top--0" id="p12" data-pid="12"><strong>4. Life was designed</strong></h3> <p id="p13" data-pid="13">Humans get credit for the designs they copy from nature. So who should get credit for the originals? <a href="https://www.jw.org/finder?lank=docid-502015255_1_VIDEO&wtlocale=E&data-video=webpubvid%3A%2F%2F%2F%3Fdocid%3D502015255%26track%3D1"><strong>Play the VIDEO</strong></a><strong>,</strong> and then discuss the question that follows.</p> <div id="tt15" class="dc-columns du-bgColor--white du-bgColorOpacity--70 du-padding--4"> <div id="f2" class="dc-column-width--oneThird du-margin-inlineEnd--4"> <figure> <a href="https://www.jw.org/finder?docid=502015255&wtlocale=E" data-video="webpubvid://?docid=502015255&track=1" class="dc-iconOverlay--play"><img src="/en/wol/mp/r1/lp-e/lff/2021/192" data-img-small-src="/en/wol/mp/r1/lp-e/lff/2021/191" alt="" width="1200" height="674" class="suppressZoom" /></a> </figure> </div> <div id="tt16" class="dc-column-width--twoThirds du-fontSize--baseMinus1 du-margin-children-vertical--0"> <p id="p14" data-pid="14"><a href="https://www.jw.org/finder?lank=docid-502015255_1_VIDEO&wtlocale=E&data-video=webpubvid%3A%2F%2F%2F%3Fdocid%3D502015255%26track%3D1"><strong>VIDEO: <em>Belief in God</em> (2:43)</strong></a></p> </div> </div> <ul><li><p id="p15" data-pid="15"> What have human designers copied from nature?</p> </li> </ul> <p id="p16" data-pid="16">Every house is designed and built by someone. But who designed and built the things in nature? <strong>Read</strong> <a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1102021206/6/0" data-bid="7-1" class="b"><strong>Hebrews 3:4</strong></a><strong>,</strong> and then discuss these questions:</p> <ul><li><p id="p17" data-pid="17"> What designs in the natural world impress you?</p> </li> <li><p id="p18" data-pid="18"> Is it reasonable to believe that the universe and everything in it were designed? Why?</p> </li> </ul> </div> <div id="tt22" class="dc-column-width--oneThird"> <div id="tt23" class="du-fontSize--baseMinus1 du-bgColor--white du-borderStyle--solid du-borderWidth--3 du-borderColor--gray-200 du-margin-top--8 du-margin-bottom-mobileOnly--12 du-padding--4"> <h4 class="du-fontSize-mobileOnly--basePlus1 du-margin-top--0" id="p19" data-pid="19"><strong>Did you know?</strong></h4> <p id="p20" data-pid="20">You can find articles and videos about this topic on jw.org in the series “<a href="https://www.jw.org/finder?docID=1011554&prefer=content&wtlocale=E" class="fb">Was It Designed?</a>” and “<a href="https://www.jw.org/finder?docID=1011553&prefer=content&wtlocale=E" class="fb">Viewpoints on the Origin of Life</a>.”</p> </div> </div> </div> <div id="tt25" class="du-color--gray-600 du-fontSize--baseMinus1 du-margin-inlineEnd-desktopOnly--oneThird du-margin-children-bottom--0"> <p id="p21" data-pid="21">“Of course, every house is constructed by someone, but the one who constructed all things is God”</p> </div> </div> <div id="f3" class="dc-bleedToArticleEdge"> <figure> <img src="/en/wol/mp/r1/lp-e/lff/2021/195" data-img-small-src="/en/wol/mp/r1/lp-e/lff/2021/194" alt="A man securing a bamboo roof to the main structure of a house that he is building in a tropical region." width="1200" height="658" /> </figure> </div> <h3 class="du-color--gold-700 du-margin-top--12" id="p22" data-pid="22"><span id="page27" class="pageNum" aria-hidden="true" data-no="27" data-before-text="27"></span><strong>5. The Bible’s creation account is reasonable</strong></h3> <div id="tt85" class="du-margin-children-bottom-desktopOnly--0"> <p id="p23" data-pid="23">In <a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1102021206/7/0" data-bid="8-1" class="b">Genesis chapter 1</a>, the Bible describes the origin of the earth and life on it. Can you trust that account, or is it just a myth? <a href="https://www.jw.org/finder?lank=pub-lffv_61_VIDEO&wtlocale=E" data-video="webpubvid://?pub=lffv&track=61"><strong>Play the VIDEO</strong></a><strong>,</strong> and then discuss the questions that follow.</p> </div> <div id="tt28" class="dc-columns-desktopOnly dc-columns-order-desktopOnly--reverse"> <div id="tt29" class="dc-column-width--oneThird"> <div id="tt30" class="dc-columns-mobileOnly du-bgColor--teal-50 du-margin-top-desktopOnly--8 du-padding--4"> <div id="f4" class="dc-column-width--oneThird du-margin-inlineEnd-mobileOnly--4 du-margin-bottom-desktopOnly--4"> <figure> <a href="https://www.jw.org/finder?lank=pub-lffv_61_VIDEO&wtlocale=E" data-video="webpubvid://?pub=lffv&track=61" class="dc-iconOverlay--play"><img src="/en/wol/mp/r1/lp-e/lff/2021/197" data-img-small-src="/en/wol/mp/r1/lp-e/lff/2021/196" alt="" width="1200" height="675" class="suppressZoom" /></a> </figure> </div> <div id="tt31" class="dc-column-width--twoThirds du-fontSize--baseMinus1 du-margin-children-vertical--0"> <p id="p24" data-pid="24"><a href="https://www.jw.org/finder?lank=pub-lffv_61_VIDEO&wtlocale=E" data-video="webpubvid://?pub=lffv&track=61"><strong>VIDEO: <em>Was the Universe Created?—Excerpt</em> (3:51)</strong></a></p> </div> </div> <div id="f5" class="du-margin-top--0"> <figure> <img src="/en/wol/mp/r1/lp-e/lff/2021/200" data-img-small-src="/en/wol/mp/r1/lp-e/lff/2021/199" alt="Collage: Scenes from the video ‘Was the Universe Created?—Excerpt.’ 1. The six creative days as they would appear to an observer on earth. 2. The earth after the sixth creative day with the sun, dry land, water, vegetation, birds, land animals, and humans." width="1200" height="338" /> </figure> </div> </div> <div id="tt33" class="dc-column-width--twoThirds du-margin-inlineEnd-desktopOnly--8"> <ul><li><p id="p25" data-pid="25"> Does the Bible teach that the earth and life on it were created in six 24-hour days?</p> </li> <li><p id="p26" data-pid="26"> Do you think that the Bible’s account of creation is logical and reasonable? Why, or why not?</p> </li> </ul> <p id="p27" data-pid="27"><strong>Read</strong> <a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1102021206/8/0" data-bid="9-1" class="b"><strong>Genesis 1:1</strong></a><strong>,</strong> and then discuss this question:</p> <ul><li><p id="p28" data-pid="28"> Scientists say that the universe had a beginning. How does their conclusion compare with what you just read in the Bible?</p> </li> </ul> <p id="p29" data-pid="29">Some people wonder if God used evolution to create life. <strong>Read</strong> <a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1102021206/9/0" data-bid="10-1" class="b"><strong>Genesis 1:21,</strong></a><a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1102021206/9/1" data-bid="10-2" class="b"> <strong>25,</strong></a><a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1102021206/9/2" data-bid="10-3" class="b"> <strong>27</strong></a><strong>,</strong> and then discuss these questions:</p> <ul><li><p id="p30" data-pid="30"> Does the Bible teach that God made a simple life-form and then let it <em>evolve</em> into fish, mammals, and humans? Or did he <em>create</em> all the basic “kinds” of life?<a id="footnotesource2" data-fnid="2" class="fn" href="/en/wol/fn/r1/lp-e/1102021206/1">b</a></p> </li> </ul> </div> </div> <h3 class="du-color--gold-700 du-borderStyle-top--solid du-borderColor--gray-100 du-borderWidth--1 du-margin-top--12 du-padding-top--8" id="p31" data-pid="31"><strong>6. Humans are a unique creation of God</strong></h3> <p id="p32" data-pid="32">We are unlike the animals that Jehovah created. <strong>Read</strong> <a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1102021206/10/0" data-bid="11-1" class="b"><strong>Genesis 1:26</strong></a><strong>,</strong> and then discuss this question:</p> <ul><li><p id="p33" data-pid="33"> Because we are made in God’s image, what does our ability to show love and compassion suggest about God’s personality?</p> </li> </ul> <div id="tt44" class="dc-bleedToArticleEdge dc-paddingToContentEdge du-bgColor--gray-50 du-margin-top--12 du-padding-vertical--4"> <p id="p34" data-pid="34"><strong>SOME PEOPLE SAY:</strong> “The Bible’s account of creation is a myth.”</p> <ul><li><p id="p35" data-pid="35"> What do you think? Why?</p> </li> </ul> </div> </div> <div id="tt47"> <h2 class="du-color--gold-700 du-fontSize--basePlus1 du-margin-top--12" id="p36" data-pid="36"><span id="page28" class="pageNum" aria-hidden="true" data-no="28" data-before-text="28"></span><strong>SUMMARY</strong></h2> <p id="p37" data-pid="37">Jehovah created the universe and all life.</p> <h3 class="du-color--coolGray-500 du-fontSize--basePlus1 du-margin-top--8" id="p38" data-pid="38"><strong>Review</strong></h3> <ul><li><p id="p39" data-pid="39"> What does the Bible teach about the origin of the universe?</p> </li> <li><p id="p40" data-pid="40"> Did God let the different kinds of life <em>evolve</em> from a simple life-form, or did he <em>create</em> them all?</p> </li> <li><p id="p41" data-pid="41"> What is unique about humans?</p> </li> </ul> <div class="gen-field du-borderStyle-top--solid du-borderColor--gray-100 du-borderWidth--1 du-margin-top--12 du-padding--4 du-padding-desktopOnly--8" id="p42" data-pid="42"> <label for="tt56" id="tt55">Lesson completed on: </label> <input type="text" id="tt56" name="text-1"/> </div> <div id="tt58" class="du-bgColor--warmGray-50 du-padding--4 du-padding-desktopOnly--8"> <fieldset> <legend id="p43" data-pid="43" class="du-color--coolGray-500 du-fontSize--basePlus2"><strong>Goal</strong></legend> <div class="gen-field" id="p44" data-pid="44"> <input type="checkbox" id="tt62" class="du-borderStyle--none" name="goal-checkbox-1"/> <label for="tt62" id="tt64">Read an article or watch a video from the series “<a href="https://www.jw.org/finder?docID=1011554&prefer=content&wtlocale=E" class="fb">Was It Designed?</a>” on jw.org.</label> </div> <div class="gen-field" id="p45" data-pid="45"> <input type="checkbox" id="tt66" class="du-borderStyle--none" name="goal-checkbox-2"/> <label for="tt66" id="tt68">Other: </label> <div class="gen-field"> <label for="tt71" id="tt69" class="dc-screenReaderText">Your other goal</label> <textarea id="tt71" class="du-borderStyle--none" name="textarea-1"></textarea> </div> </div> </fieldset> </div> <div id="tt73" class="du-bgColor--gray-50 du-margin-top--12 du-padding--4 du-padding-desktopOnly--8"> <h3 class="du-color--coolGray-500 du-fontSize--basePlus2 du-letterSpacing--8 du-margin-top--0" id="p46" data-pid="46"><strong>EXPLORE</strong></h3> <div id="tt75" class="dc-columns-desktopOnly du-borderStyle-top--solid du-borderColor--gray-100 du-borderWidth--1 du-margin-top--4 du-margin-bottom-mobileOnly--6 du-padding-top--4"> <div id="f6" class="dc-column-width--oneQuarter du-margin-inlineEnd-desktopOnly--4 du-margin-bottom-mobileOnly--4"> <figure> <a href="/wol/rslink/r1/lp-e?lang=E&docid=102006322&pub=g&issuesymbol=g06&issuedate=200609"><img src="/en/wol/mp/r1/lp-e/lff/2021/202" data-img-small-src="/en/wol/mp/r1/lp-e/lff/2021/201" alt="" width="1200" height="675" class="suppressZoom" /></a> </figure> </div> <div id="tt76" class="dc-column-width--threeQuarters du-margin-children-vertical--0"> <p id="p47" data-pid="47">Discover the design reflected in nature.</p> <p id="p48" data-pid="48"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1102021206/5/0"><strong>“What Does Nature Teach?”</strong> (<em>Awake!,</em> September 2006)</a></p> </div> </div> <div id="tt77" class="dc-columns-desktopOnly du-borderStyle-top--solid du-borderColor--gray-100 du-borderWidth--1 du-margin-top--4 du-margin-bottom-mobileOnly--6 du-padding-top--4"> <div id="f7" class="dc-column-width--oneQuarter du-margin-inlineEnd-desktopOnly--4 du-margin-bottom-mobileOnly--4"> <figure> <a href="https://www.jw.org/finder?lank=pub-pk_9_VIDEO&wtlocale=E" data-video="webpubvid://?pub=pk&track=9" class="dc-iconOverlay--play"><img src="/en/wol/mp/r1/lp-e/lff/2021/204" data-img-small-src="/en/wol/mp/r1/lp-e/lff/2021/203" alt="" width="1200" height="675" class="suppressZoom" /></a> </figure> </div> <div id="tt78" class="dc-column-width--threeQuarters du-margin-children-vertical--0"> <p id="p49" data-pid="49">See how a father can explain the Bible’s creation account to his young son.</p> <p id="p50" data-pid="50"><a href="https://www.jw.org/finder?lank=pub-pk_9_VIDEO&wtlocale=E&data-video=webpubvid%3A%2F%2F%2F%3Fpub%3Dpk%26track%3D9"><strong><em>“Jehovah . . . Created All Things”</em></strong> (2:37)</a></p> </div> </div> <div id="tt79" class="dc-columns-desktopOnly du-borderStyle-top--solid du-borderColor--gray-100 du-borderWidth--1 du-margin-top--4 du-margin-bottom-mobileOnly--6 du-padding-top--4"> <div id="f8" class="dc-column-width--oneQuarter du-margin-inlineEnd-desktopOnly--4 du-margin-bottom-mobileOnly--4"> <figure> <a href="/wol/rslink/r1/lp-e?lang=E&docid=502019185&pub=ijwbq"><img src="/en/wol/mp/r1/lp-e/lff/2021/207" data-img-small-src="/en/wol/mp/r1/lp-e/lff/2021/206" alt="" width="1200" height="675" class="suppressZoom" /></a> </figure> </div> <div id="tt80" class="dc-column-width--threeQuarters du-margin-children-vertical--0"> <p id="p51" data-pid="51">Consider whether evolution is compatible with the Bible.</p> <p id="p52" data-pid="52"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1102021206/7/0"><strong>“Did God Use Evolution to Create the Different Types of Life?”</strong> (Web article)</a></p> </div> </div> <div id="tt81" class="dc-columns-desktopOnly du-borderStyle-top--solid du-borderColor--gray-100 du-borderWidth--1 du-margin-top--4 du-margin-bottom-mobileOnly--6 du-padding-top--4"> <div id="f9" class="dc-column-width--oneQuarter du-margin-inlineEnd-desktopOnly--4 du-margin-bottom-mobileOnly--4"> <figure> <a href="/wol/rslink/r1/lp-e?lang=E&docid=1102010342&pub=lf"><img src="/en/wol/mp/r1/lp-e/lff/2021/209" data-img-small-src="/en/wol/mp/r1/lp-e/lff/2021/208" alt="" width="1200" height="675" class="suppressZoom" /></a> </figure> </div> <div id="tt82" class="dc-column-width--threeQuarters du-margin-children-vertical--0"> <p id="p53" data-pid="53">Examine whether the fossil record or scientific experiments suggest that life was created or that it originated by chance.</p> <p id="p54" data-pid="54"><a href="/wol/rslink/r1/lp-e?lang=E&docid=1102010342&pub=lf"><strong><em>The Origin of Life—Five Questions Worth Asking</em></strong> (brochure)</a></p> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div 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