Wanted to bump this thread up as it's important to see how the WT society and governing body are attempting to CHANGE DEFINITIONS of what constitutes a generation. Some have mentioned on this thread that the WT society is indicating TWO generations here , not one overlapping generation. I say that's bullshit.
DONUTHOLE stated , " At this time the official explanation is NOT multiple overlapping generations BUT TWO. Right now it is just two generations , the " old " anointed and the " new " anointed. " Not.
O.K. Let me reprint what John Barr's statement said in his talk, " We do not know the exact length of " THIS GENERATION " , but IT INCLUDES THESE TWO GROUPS whose lives overlap. Even though the anointed vary in age , THOSE IN THE TWO GROUPS CONSTITUTING THE GENERATION are contemporaries during the part of the last days. "
The WT society would never say the generation is TWO generations - because Jesus stated it was THIS GENERATION ( singular ) that would see the end. So the WT society HAS to come up with their OWN MEANING of an elongated generation which includes young anointed and older anointed. Only problem with that the definition of GENERATION in Dictionaries in the SINGULAR sense is it only runs about 30 years or so. So- Essentially the WT society is full of lies, poo, and deceitfulness to manipulate their JW members