Cedars, Thanks for another great article! And a big "THANK YOU" to your source.
I found a couple places where the wording needs some correction.
"The tumultuous period in the organization’s history between 1914 and 1919 thus becomes the focus of doctrine perhaps more than perhaps ever before." [either or both perhapses can be dropped]
"To those who are evenly remotely familiar with organizational events between 1914 and 1919," [delete -ly from even]
It will be interesting to actually read these articles. It sounds much more like a power-grab than an ordinary revision of JW nulite. The gaps in logic are glaringly avoided, even after they've taken months to massage their message since the Annual Meeting last year. Obviously, they must still be avoiding Luke's account in favor of Matthew's. In Luke, it's impossible to ignore the "evil slave". Instead, WT uses this?
"His words here are actually a warning directed to the faithful and discreet slave."
Clearly, this is a warning that the GB is ignoring as they beat the sheeples into silent submission to their papal authority.
And the GB is incapable of addressing the fact that Jesus spoke this as a parable and NOT a prophecy. When considered in context, this is clearly intended as one of several illustrations for individual self-examination and not a prophecy authorizing some old men in Brooklyn to become mediators between Christ and his followers. And it reads like Jesus is giving all authority to the GB after armageddon--WTH? Jesus has become a lame duck king, kicked aside by some dudes in Brooklyn? From everything I learned about the members of GB 2.0 while I was in bethel, I wouldn't buy a used car from any of them. And I'm supposed to treat them like "god's channel"? What a load of BS!
