Recovery, you seem to write quite lengthy posts and I don't feel like reading through all the pages. If you still believe the two class hope doctrine, that a limited number go to heaven and the rest stay on earth, you might as well forget about your question. If you figure out that there is no distinction between "anointed" and non-anointed Christians, the parable of the FDS gets a completely new meaning. The meaning intended for it.
Paul says in Ephesians 4:4 that all who are called have one hope. The hope to be with Jesus. In Romans 8 he contrasts those who are in the Spirit with those who are in the flesh. He shows there are only two ways- be in the spirit, or be in the flesh and without any hope at all. Now, you may wonder what this has to do with your question. Once you start looking into this with an open mind (it takes a while to research this using the bible) you will most likely see that there is just one hope for Christians, that which you still associate with the "anointed". In fact all Christians are anointed. (Not all who say they are Christians, but who live accordingly.) The parable about the FDS is an encouragement to all Brothers of Christ to care for one another. It's aimed at every Christian individually. There is no "class" of some vague FDS. The Society has misused this parable to setup a system of authority and control over "the other sheep" which is in no way in harmony with scripture.
I think this proves quite clearly that the WTS has never taken on the role of a prophet and never required that its readers view them as such.
You might want to read about the Walsh Trial in 1954. The Society perceives itself as a Prophet quite clearly, whether you want to accept that or not. And they expect you and I and any Witness to unquestioningly follow and obey their words and interpretations. Had their prophetic predictions come true in the past decades it would be okay to follow them, due to their failure following them is dangerous.
The Society's own explanation who the FDS is falls short. If the FDS is made up of all anointed, then why do the folks in Brooklyn have an attitude regarding them as can be seen here:
"Memorial partakers. This is the number of baptized individuals who partake of the emblems at the Memorial worldwide. Does this total represent the number of anointed ones on earth? Not necessarily. A number of factors—including past religious beliefs or even mental or emotional imbalance—might cause some to assume mistakenly that they have the heavenly calling. We thus have no way of knowing the exact number of anointed ones on earth; nor do we need to know. The Governing Body does not keep a list of all partakers, for it does not maintain a global network of anointed ones." (w11 8/15 p. 22 Questions From Readers) You see, the Governing Body really is the FDS if you read between the lines of the publications, but they have no interest in saying it plainly, I guess the are not yet bold enough to do so. They do make clear though that they have no interest in cooperation with all those who should make up the FDS worldwide. Strange, eh? The FDS really is the Governing Body on a power trip. Besides that, if anointed are to dispense food at the proper time, why are mostly non-anointed responsible for writing publications? There should be plenty of anointed to do that job, also younger anointed ones.
Honestly, I think it's tactless to come to this forum and start argueing about this, expecting people here to prove you wrong. Do your own reserach, without bias and without Watchtower reading glasses. It seems that you are not really seeking an answer about who the FDS really is, but in typical JW manner you want to help others get rid of the straw in their eyes, while you obviously can't see clearly.
