[1] He was born in Springfield, Massachusetts, US, the oldest of five children (all sons) to Herbert Edgar Douglass Sr (1904–1983) and Mildred Jennie Munson (1908–1988).
In "An Historical Footnote", 1975, Douglass briefly discusses QoD and is quite clearly opposed to its presentation of Adventist Christology.
"[2] Douglass was a prominent figure in the 1970s advocating Last Generation Theology, publishing articles in what is now the Adventist Review supporting LGT,[3] along with editor Kenneth H. Wood.
But Douglass had developed his concepts, just as Andreasen had, via his careful study of Scripture and reading of Ellen G. White's writings.
[11][12] Douglass promoted the Great Controversy theme (GCT) as the conceptual key, the organizing principle[13] that leads to an understanding of humanity's greatest questions: How did life begin?
The Great Controversy Theme provides the background for the development of evil – the story of Lucifer's (Satan's) rebellion against the government of God.
According to Douglass: the Great Controversy theme ties together the plan of redemption, Bible truth, and the peril and triumph of Jesus' entry into humanity and his death upon the cross.
It shows why God purposes to demonstrate through his end-time people the ultimate fruition of what his grace can do, and clarifies how Satan's charges will be finally negated.