If a young person, or a newer older person is newly anointed would they necessarily be included in "this generation" that would not pass away until all things (including Armageddon) would occur?

[Bubba Johnson Jr]

ahhhhhhh….shaddappayouface! Why don't you get a job or somethin'?

 

 

[Bubba Johnson Jr]

why don't you make this a totally secular site and do away with the disinformation and teachings of demons?

[The Librarian]

@Bubba Johnson Jr Not sure who you mean by "you".... but this is the group for JW stuff.

You posted in the main section for everyone (including athiests etc...)

You can also ask the @admin on his profile any questions regarding the entire site and the many different clubs (groups)

 

[The Librarian]

And the answer to your question is yes.

Remember "overlapping generations"... of which there are many discussions in this club.

[JW Insider]

38 minutes ago, The Librarian said:

And the answer to your question is yes.

Remember "overlapping generations"... of which there are many discussions in this club.

Officially, the Watchtower's answer to @Bubba Johnson Jr is NO! Newly anointed persons would NOT necessarily be included in "this generation." If there was a person who was anointed prior to 1914, and who is still alive today, then it's possible that newly anointed persons today are still therefore overlapping with that first group of anointed.

(Technically there are not overlapping "generations" in the same sense as "this generation that will not pass away," there are only overlapping "groups" within that generation. In the natural sense of the word "generation" there are, of course, as many as 6 or 7 overlapping generations already since the generations alive in 1914, but those are NOT the type of generation the Watchtower is attempting to define here.)

It seems rather unlikely that there are still anointed persons alive now who were around to "discern" the events of 1914, and who were anointed at the time. Even if one could be said to be anointed at say, 8 years old, that would mean the person was born in 1906, and is already 113 years old. The most likely "known" example of a "group one" person was F W Franz who died a few days shy of 1993. Brother Splane made clear (in his chart) that Franz was only an example of "group one," and that there may be more examples. If we assume a person could be anointed only as young as 18 instead of 8, then the oldest possible person in "group one" would be 123 years old, and this seems like too much of a stretch.

The definition as explained by Brother Splane, makes clear therefore that newly anointed persons are NOT necessarily a part of "this generation" because their anointed life does not necessarily overlap with persons from group one. (Assuming all the "candidates" in group one have already died, and that these conjectured 113 to 123 year old candidates are not around today.)