This is why discussing doctrine is almost always an exercise in futility.
That being said, I think a much better approach is taking a good hard look at the foundational teaching of the authority of the Governing Body: The Faithful and Discreet Slave.
There are several lines of evidence that disprove their claim to have been chosen by Christ
The Watchtower asserts:
"On arriving to inspect the 'slave' in 1918, Christ found a spirit-anointed remnant of faithful disciples who since 1879 had been using this journal and other Bible-based publications to provide spiritual 'food at the proper time.' He acknowledged them as his collective instrument, or 'slave,' and in 1919 entrusted them with the management of all his earthly belongings." - w07 4/1 p. 22 par. 5
- It is interesting that they refer to the SLAVE as a "spirit-anointed remnant" and as a "collective instrument" when the truth is that in 1918-1919 CT Russell was believed to be the "FDS" all by his little, ol' lonesome self. No others need apply. Nothing like a little revisionist history!
But to me the simplest is the recent admission by the GB that they don't even know who the anointed are!
"We thus have no way of knowing the exact number of anointed ones on earth; nor do we need to know. The Governing Body does not keep a list of all partakers, for it does not maintain a global network of anointed ones." - Question From Readers, w2011 8/15 p. 22 - Emphasis added
So if the GB does not know WHO they are are WHERE they are, certain questions quite naturally come to mind.
- How exactly does the FDS class communicate with the GB?
- How exactly does the FDS as a group coordinate with the GB in the providing of spiritual food?
- How exactly is the FDS class involved with the selection of the GB members?
- How exactly do the individual members of the FDS class participate in any way, shape or form in the all-important role they are allegedly assigned according to this doctrine?
- How do they share in the development and supplying of the spiritual "food"?
- What sort of input do any of the thousands of FDS members around the globe have into the deliberations or decisions of the GB?
- How does the GB reach out to the FDS class to seek and obtain their input?
If the FDS is the "collective congregation of anointed ones" and it is them that is Jehovah's "appointed channel of communication" then why aren't THEY the ones that are providing the "spiritual food" and not the 7 or so members of the GB? (see Informant, January 1956, p. 1)