1. Was Jesus’ 2nd coming in 1914?
He would have been too old by then to come twice especially since they hadn't invented Viagra yet.
2. Is Jesus’ 2nd (parousia) presence the same thing as his ‘coming?’
No, although he was in deed present, there was no second coming, (see above)
3. Is the doctrine of the ‘faithful and discreet slave’ still regarded as a prophecy instead of a parable?
It was a prophecy that was made into a mini-series called Roots starring Lavar Burton
4. Were the FDS appointed over ‘all His belongings’ in 1919?
Yes they were and they were appointed over your belongings as well.
5. Did the Gentile Times end in 1914, or is that yet to come at a future date?
Yes, the Gentile Times was bought-out by the International Bible Students and was run into the ground. Eventually it resurfaced as The WATCHTOWER
6. Is the ‘great tribulation’ in the past, the present, or yet to come in the future?
Anyone who lived through the Bush years knows the answer to that one.
7. Did Jesus die in order to save the ‘Great Crowd’?
No...because there was nothing that great about them.
8. If the Bible was only written for the anointed, why should non-anointed bother to read it ?
The non-anointed read it just so they tell the Anointed what it's about in case someone asks them for advice..
9. Was Charles Taze Russell a member of the anointed 144,000? If so, since what date?
Yes he was and so was his wife Maria . After she died and joined him up yonder, they took up where they had left off. The marital discord and the constant bickering over these many decades resulted in the two of them being posthumously removed .