by Doug Mason 4 Replies latest watchtower bible
1. Did Jesus use the term “this generation” as a compliment?
2. Was Jesus speaking to people living at that time?
3. Was Jesus speaking about people living at that time?
4. Was Jesus making a promise, a judgment or a warning to “this generation”?
http://www.jwstudies.com/This_Generation.pdf
Doug
Interesting, I partcularly like the idea of "is it used as a compliment" that is a great question.
Well JWs have clocked up a few "this" generations by now, that the WT call "this overlapping generation" (of assholes) who look for a sign etc blah, blah.
The biggest problem the WT has at the moment is something I like to call generation creep, which is a bit like what the military call mission creep.
The next biggest problem for the WT is apostates and others pointing it out to them.
Reading that I can see now how it's obvious that Jesus was referring to a generation that was going to be alive over 2,000 years after his birth that overlapped with a preceding generation that saw events that were going to take place 1,914 years after his birth.
Makes complete sense! :D
It's not like the WT is dogmatic about it......is it.....anyone. I mean they have added the tethering word "overlapping"
