I find Splane’s explanation fantastical. The only persons
who could believe that the Biblical word “generation” means “overlapping
generations” would be brain dead zombie JWs who will die rather than disagree
with the WT.
There are two groups within this cult who refuse to think;
there are the administrators of the religious racket whose existence depends on the mass of
believers. They have gladly inherited their roles and job number one is to shore up their own rights
to control the larger group. Their function is to make their religion credible and
to retain the confidence of the followers. The second group who are duty bound
not to think, are the true believers who are led by the GB. (Misled
is probably a better word!)
A common thread within the JW org is the normal and unquestioning practice of belief in
fantasies.
For example the stories about Biblical characters are dredged up in
the Watchtower all the time as examples of faith. Who is there among JWs who would stop for a moment to consider whether these men and women were real? The WT gaily
trots out names such as Noah, Adam and Eve, Abraham, Moses, Isaac and Jacob, etc,
as if they lived! They are archetypes or mythical persons often borrowed from other cultures but given new Hebrew names --
they are all non-historical literary personages.
Once a believer has swallowed the bait of Bible faith -- anything goes, anything is
possible and anything can be believed.
Once in the JW mindset, it is not difficult to shut down
critical thinking, living for paradise is the goal and that means, at least in
the mind of the true believer, obedience to who they are taught to respect as “God’s anointed”.
Back
on the theme of Biblical words, Jesus explained clearly and unambiguously how long
a generation was: namely the lifetime of a group experiencing one event. Mark 8,38 - 9,1.
Yes, as the outcome (or lack of outcome!) of these words show, the "JW generation" is just a fantasy built on top
of another Bible fantasy.
