See, I suppose this is my dilemma. I can't figure what they wanted us to take literally or figuratively. One other example would be the faithful and discreet slave. To me, maybe I'm wrong, but that particular scripture is an example Jesus gave us; he wasn't specifying the GB or any other group of people but was making a point of how we should behave ourselves. So, the 144K seems like the same to me. If the scriptures point to them being men, then why in the world would we consider them to possibly be women. Also, I'd like to know where this "sexless" entity came from that was suggested. I also heard that a few times, but I can't imagine us not being sexed. Like, you know, girls sit and boys stand when they pee, right? If they are sexless, then to be human, then they either need both (hermaphradite) or neither. That would make peeing a little difficult, unless, of course, we would be so perfect that we wouldn't need to sit on the pot anymore, right?
Now, there are other scriptures that are figurative such as the image of the beast. I can understand those figurative suggestions, but to presume the "virgin" would be figuratively "undefiled from other false religions" seems to be stretching our imagination a bit. Maybe, deep down, we are so programmed to think the WT way that we can't shake it from our senses. It's not like I want to know the answer to these passages in the Bible, it's just I'm trying to make sense of what they taught us to believe. And, please, don't take my "we" the wrong way. I use that term loosely knowing some of you either aren't participating in this discussion or are non-believers now. All that is fine with me. I may be there soon myself. I'm just trying to figure out another lie I've been told to believe. It's all probably just a scare tactic to keep the little people in line, I suppose.