Unless you are a scientist working in the field and up to date with the latest research, I'd be cautious about making any statements as if they were true. In my opinion, most general opinions are decades out of date. What you are talking about are Observed Instances of Speciation and there are many. Arguably, it is so common biologists don't make a big deal of it.
Where you are right and echo what the scientists say above, is that there is still discussion, debate and arguments about the subject ... and that "scientists are argumentative people and so they should be" that is how they get to the next or greater truth. What one of the scientists said was something like, "the difference between us (science) and you (religion) is that we will change our mind" as our knowledge becomes more refined but what one previously religion individual found out, after being misled and conned by a religious teacher over this subject, was that evidence of, say, the fossil record time and time again supports the theory and dating.
In this case, although their marketing and PR might keep changing, the Brahma Kumaris are absolutely stuck in the religious camp with even less of an explanation or theory than Young Earth Christian Creationists. For them thinking and questioning, never mind arguing and debating, is tantamount to a sin for which their leader Dadi Janki encourages them to "slap themselves" if they start doing so.
However they might be able to jiggle around the date of the End of the Universe (Destruction) and the time period of Creation, they are absolutely stuck with their 5,000 Years Cycle.
Acceptance rather than understanding or explanation, and submission to the will and intellect of their leaders (or lack thereof) is their maxim ... and what is most highly rewarded within their community.
Imagine for one moment Dadi Janki, even in her prime, sitting in on a lecture on Darwinism or Evolution.
Where you are right and echo what the scientists say above, is that there is still discussion, debate and arguments about the subject ... and that "scientists are argumentative people and so they should be" that is how they get to the next or greater truth. What one of the scientists said was something like, "the difference between us (science) and you (religion) is that we will change our mind" as our knowledge becomes more refined but what one previously religion individual found out, after being misled and conned by a religious teacher over this subject, was that evidence of, say, the fossil record time and time again supports the theory and dating.
In this case, although their marketing and PR might keep changing, the Brahma Kumaris are absolutely stuck in the religious camp with even less of an explanation or theory than Young Earth Christian Creationists. For them thinking and questioning, never mind arguing and debating, is tantamount to a sin for which their leader Dadi Janki encourages them to "slap themselves" if they start doing so.
However they might be able to jiggle around the date of the End of the Universe (Destruction) and the time period of Creation, they are absolutely stuck with their 5,000 Years Cycle.
Acceptance rather than understanding or explanation, and submission to the will and intellect of their leaders (or lack thereof) is their maxim ... and what is most highly rewarded within their community.
Imagine for one moment Dadi Janki, even in her prime, sitting in on a lecture on Darwinism or Evolution.