OCTOBER 6, 2012 ANNUAL MEETING MAY HAVE REVEALED
MAJOR DIVISIONS WITHIN WATCHTOWER GOVERNING BODY
Watchtower's Governing Body men said at the annual October meeting in 2012 that they themselves are the Faithful and Discreet Slave, not the anointed remnant members. This is their way of making clear that They Themselves not any anointed persons beyond themselves are the ones to look to and obey. However, the doctrinal change will not be official until appearing in a “Questions From Readers” section or a Watchtower magazine study article for active Jehovah’s Witnesses.
Giving talks at the annual meeting in 2012 were 5 Governing Body members, namely Geoffrey Jackson, Gerritt Losch, Samuel Herd, Stephen Lett, and Guy Pierce. Therefore not giving talks were 3 others: Anthony Morris III, David Splane, and Mark Sanderson. Sanderson's appointment to the supreme Governing Body had been announced at Bethel world headquarters on October 1, but noticeably or even strangely, his appointment was not at all announced at the Meeting which was held October 6.
An interesting thought is whether major dissent or outright divisions on the Governing Body may already be setting in. Pierce, alleged to be from a formerly fundamentalist LDS background, has indicated that some have wondered if the highly expensive construction of a new world headquarters at Warwick, New York, was a truly faithful or wise move. Meanwhile Watchtower’s payout dollar amounts to try to settle child abuse cases out of court are likely skyrocketing. It sounds like trouble is brewing in Watchtower's paradise on earth in New York state. http://www.jehovahs-witness.net/jw/friends/239545/1/2012-annual-meeting-notes