I have a feeling that many of the "annointed" have been in close contact personally with the GB members and officers during the early years.
I wonder if it isn't a case of "Hey, are you SURE you're not going to heaven? I thought that at first too, but Brother (Rutherford, Franz, Knorr, insert name) EXPLAINED it to me and now I UNDERSTAND that I am annointed.
My name is Slipnslideius Masterus: commander of the armies of the North, general of the Felix legions, loyal servant to the true emperor, Marcus Aurelius...