TTATT in a Can... finally finished!! (page 2)

I quit!

Nice to see a timeline like this on all the doctrinal changes. I might contact you later to get contact you later to get the excel version once I get a new computer or get excel back on this one.

ILoveTTATT

Hi Wizztick,

I got my information from jwfacts, mainly.

I am very interested in accuracy, so I am reviewing it right now.

From

http://www.jwfacts.com/watchtower/generation.php#Original

"He had a two way bet, explaining that the start year for the generation may have been 1780, extending for a period of 100 years to 1880, with the fulfilling of all the signs. He then went on to say it may instead refer to the 36 ½ year period from 1878 to 1914."

"A "generation" might be reckoned as equivalent to a century (practically the present limit) or one hundred and twenty years, Moses' lifetime and the Scripture limit. (Gen. 6:3.) Reckoning a hundred years from 1780, the date of the first sign, the limit would reach to 1880 Or, since the Master said, "When ye shall see all these things," and since "the sign of the Son of Man in heaven," and the budding fig tree, and the gathering of "the elect" are counted among the signs, it would not be inconsistent to reckon the "generation" from 1878 to 1914--36 1/2 years-- about the average of human life today." Studies in the Scriptures - The Day of Vengeance 1897 ed. pp.604, 605

This was up to 1914

Then apparently from 1914 to 1927 there was no formal doctrine of the "generation"...

I have to make one change: In the 1930, 1940, 1950 columns I need to make it 1900 years.

As to the 1995 to 2008 one, jwfacts has it as "indeterminate period"...

As to the Sodom and Gomorrah:

The "resolution" of the columns is only 10 years. So if a change happened, in 1951 for example, and that changed stayed until 1965, I will record the change as happening in 1960, and the next change in 1970. Since in the 1980's there were 4 changes to the Sodom and Gomorrah teaching, this wouldn't be reflected. (I hope this explains things... =S)