That to me is exactly the formula.....I noted that when I was around when my wife would study, if I kept driving for an answer, they would keep working around what I asked, then try for the divide and conquer.....now I note that my wife's bs is scheduled when I am not around.
Yes they do stick to 'comfort scriptures'. What amazes me is when one asks a question from their own literature, even fairly recent literature, they are so quick with new light, we are only human, yadda yadda yadda.
Where I really got an elder to squirm is recent flip flops such as organ transplants, why it was ok, wrong and once again ok, all recent enough that the articles are on the wt cd. Another area is I asked why the number of remnant anointed keeps increasing, all he said is 'we are trying to figure that one out.'
I guess it all goes back to the witness pretty much believing in the infalliblity of the governing body......