"... but there was a demo where one bro. says to another that he can't understand the overlapping gen. and it seems like the FDS is "putting Armaggedon off." The new explanation is so hard to understand! The "mature" brother says, "You're making it harder than it is. When Jesus used the term "generation," he EVIDENTLY meant the lives of those anointed living in 1914 would overlap with those anointed who would see the end." The "unsure" brother responds: "Oh, is that it? Well, that's not so hard." Or something to that effect (paraphrase). Duh!! The rhetorical strategy was pretty slick--divert attention away from the underlying, though unspoken question of "Why are they changing the meaning again?" to "Is it really that hard to understand?" Then present a simplified one-sentence summary of the new light, without bothering to spend even a moment on any kind of factual or Biblical evidence that might support such a ridiculous "definition" of generation."
Yep, that's pretty much how the overlapping generation commentary went down at the CA that I attended a while back. It was, for a lack of a better term ...."A Quickie"! A brief comment followed by a short exhibition of nonsense (demonstration) and the overlapping generation brainwashing was over and on to the next speaker!
The Society is definitely being shy and cautious about spending too much time on this overlapping generation topic. Why??