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Originally posted by MrGordon: ↑

In the quoted passage, Sagan was trying to explain why, through history, it made sense that humans concluded there was a Great Designer before there was an extensive knowledge of the fossil record.
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The Watchtower quoted what was said. Others have voiced their opinion on what he meant. Here's some more quotes made after ''an extensive knowledge of the fossil record'' has become available

When it comes to how these fossils should be classified, Robin Derricourt of the University of New South Wales, Australia, wrote in 2009: “Perhaps the only consensus now is that there is no consensus.”
40. Critique of Anthropology, Volume 29(2), “Patenting Hominins—Taxonomies, Fossils and Egos,” by Robin Derricourt, 2009, pp. 195-196, 198.

“Instead of finding the gradual unfolding of life,” says evolutionary paleontologist David M. Raup, “what geologists of Darwin’s time, and geologists of the present day actually find is a highly uneven or jerky record; that is, species appear in the sequence very suddenly, show little or no change during their existence in the record, then abruptly go out of the record.”
32. Field Museum of Natural History Bulletin, “Conflicts Between Darwin and Paleontology,” by David M. Raup, January 1979, p. 23.

I can't find any scientific proof of evolution in the fossil record. All I see is differing opinions. If anyone can, please post it.

(Psalm 10:4) In his haughtiness, the wicked man makes no investigation; All his thoughts are: “There is no God.”

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It's quite clear what Sagan meant by what he wrote, if you look at the context of his remark. The context has been provided. Anyone can check. Others, including myself, point out that what Sagan wrote was taken out of context by JW.org and used for their own propaganda. It is a case of quote mining by JW.
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