Nathan, I read Amazing's recount of his anointed status in the org and it's all true, sad to say...they DO keep all who profess to be of the anointed under scrutiny, including their fam members....we were spied upon for years and my youngest was prevented from being baptised (which I realize as a blessing now) because of it.....even though we had no power or say-so or ability to contribute any input into the goings-on at Bethel....It's just another way to keep control over the masses...and to flaunt a symbolic superiority, unrealistic though it may be....
LOTS of "someone elses" have been chosen in the past couple of decades, because the number making this claim worldwide has remained pretty flat, and it SHOULD be going down each year.
It's a wonder the number hasn't increased, since all a person has to do is open one's mind to the power, hope and promises held forth in the scriptures....if one can ignore all the dictates of the Society to hold only to the Watchtower writings.....<g>
FB