Oubliette,
Your points above are clear-cut assessments. Either option damns the operation of Holy Spirit.
When I first sensed something of the same I couldn't understand it so well as you have put it here. My feeling of doubt began when I pondered a troubling OT episode that I had researched and wanted their considered opinion of it.
I knew a faithful old pioneer sister whose son was still on the writing commitee. I brought up my concern to her. She said casually--"Next time ____ calls, I will ask him about it."
Something didn't set right with me on this. But some weeks later she told me "I talked to _____ yesterday and he said that there was nothing about such-and-such in the literature."
And then it struck me that the swift-moving chariot was run by these human computer-bots. These questions or points that are submitted to the FaithfulDiscreetSlave are never examined by the Holy Spirit/God's channel. It was very, very troubling to me then.
This thread fleshes out the inherent flaws of the development of the literature.
Bad tree, bad fruit.
