by slimboyfat 88 Replies latest watchtower beliefs
So the 1914 Generation is all but gone
I disagree
the 1914 generation is still here. In fact it has come full circle and the Reasoning Book does not even need a reprint now. The only difference today is the time period defined by the word 'generation'.
The phrase "the generation of 1914 will by no means pass away" is for all intents and purposes, still alive.
Its just that the JW's define 'generation' as one overlapping contemporanious generation.
JW's define 'generation' as one overlapping contemporanious generation.
What does that phrase even mean? Not one person in a hundred could give the Watchtower explanation unprompted.
No one in their right mind would accept it as a reasonable definition of "generation" except under severe dogmatic duress.
The current teaching on the generation is basically that the current members of the GB will live to see the great tribulation. How they get to that is convulated and nonsensical and future GB members will probably play on that confusion to push the dates back again, but that's what the doctrine is.
I think the GB came up with it because they want to believe they won't die and this is how we know they won't get rid of 1914 yet.
Mm, good point, Laika. Perhaps after they've passed, the next GB will go back to the "historical period" definition of 1995.
They are nutters.
Data-Dog:
They are nutters.
Pretty much, sad we 'apostates' no more about JW beliefs doctrines and how they stand by todays terms than faithful dubs at every sunday meeting.
WoJ: "Its just that the JW's define 'generation' as one overlapping contemporanious generation."
Where is the word "generation" ever used this way in the gospels?
The Greek word “ genea” (pronounced ghen-eh-ah') appears thirteen times in Matthew's gospel. Four times it is used to delineate “one set of parents to the next”. Ignoring Matthew 24:34 for the moment, in every other appearance, including 6 of the instances Matthew places the definite article “this” (houtos) before “ generation”, “this generation” ( houtos genea), in context, clearly cover the same group of people -i.e. “Christ's contemporaries”
"My family has grown in number as well. There are now four generations of us still alive and serving Jehovah—our children, their children, and their children’s children."
Fun JW challenge from JW.org! Can you find the picture to accompany this quote from the September 2013 Watchtower? If you can, YOU could earn the chance to earn the prospect of being Jehovah's friend!*
* Rules subject to change at anytime by the " Faithful and Discreet Slave " of the WTBTS and it's subsidiaries. Numbers mentioned in the article, such as the number four, are also subject to change in meaning, as to whether they are literal, symbolic, or " overlapping." The term 'generation" is also subject to change under the terms of the "Nu-Lite agreement" which is legally binding upon the date of said contestant's baptism. The September 2013 Watchtower may not be available in the Yap Islands.
Hey don't shoot the messenger! :)
its not like I agree with them, I'm just telling it like it is. The "generation" according to the WTS is an overlapping, contemoranious generation. Yes its rediculous, but that IS what they teach
QUOTE - The current teaching on the generation is basically that the current members of the GB will live to see the great tribulation.
hmmm... I'm not sure where you got that from. Most believe that they will live to see the GT but there is nothing in their definition that makes that any part of the criteria
They do say the GT will be here SOON (tm)!!!!!!! So "logically" (ahem) the current GB will survive to be raptured.
