Do you realize just how many who post here that do the very things you describe, Bumby?
Schizm, outside the org it doesn't matter. Inside the org it proves whether someone believes the org is Jehovah's organization or not. Anyone who fears what man can do to them (even labeling them Apostate) is a chickenshit, a coward. Now, there may be good reason for their cowardice, but it doesn't change the fact that the cowardice is there. In your case, you claim not to be afraid, but you are. How many people in your congregation know that you post here?
The fact is, Schizm, the Governing Body applies Matthew 24:45 and Luke 12:42 to themselves in practice and applies those Scriptures to the "faithful and discreet slave" in word. You aren't anything more than a number on a publishers report to the Governing Body. They don't know you and they don't care about whether you are defending them or not. They don't care about the opinions of another of the anointed, if the jerk keeps pressing to hard they will simply disfellowship his/her ass.
THEY are on top. The FDS isn't to be found in the organizational equation at all. They are relegated to outsiders who "suggest" things that may or may not be acted on at the discretion of...THE GOVERNING BODY. That doesn't sound like the group Jesus was talking about at Matthew 24:45-47 to me.
The Faithful and Discreet Slave, as a class, is supposed to be OVER all the belongings, not under almost all of the belongings. How do you explain this fact?
AuldSoul