Hi, I'm new here. Haven't posted on any sites for a number of years. I have read this thread and saw some of my own thoughts expressed in various posts. I became a JW in the early seventies. The one thing I keep thinking about as I look at the GovBod's reach for absolute authority is that they keep claiming to represent the FDS. But it is just common sense that a representative confers with those who are being represented.
It seems to me that if Jesus appointed a Faithful and Discreet slave, then the actual authority to feed the proper food at the proper time would be placed on their shoulders. Perhaps the GovBod is dyslexic. Maybe what they MEANT to say is that they RESENT the FDS, not that they REP-resent the FDS. That would perhaps explain the efforts to discredit and diminish all partakers. UNLESS the GovBod really doesn't believe in a FDS at all. The org has changed SO MUCH in the last 40 years.