May you have peace!
what if the FDS disagree with each other, as they obviously do?
Hmmmm. May I ask, by "FDS" who exactly do you mean?
The WTS thinks it has an absolutely monopoly on spiritual insights and 'prophesying' on scriptural truth, but that is not the case at all.
Funny you say that. One of the things that got me long ago was the statement in the Proclaimer's Book, that the "clergy of Christendom" was... and I quote: "A bigoted group of men who systematically throttle all Bible teachings unless it comes from them." Ironic, ain't it? BTW - the "WTS" may not be exactly the same as the perceived "FDS."
There are many 'spirit-begotten' JW's and ex-JW's who hold differing opinions.
I'm sorry, but I have to disagree with you here. "Spirit-begotten" ex-JWs... yes. "Spirit-begotten JWs"... no. Can't be. Why? Because although one can be CALLED while still a Jw, one has to "get out from among them and QUIT touching the "unclean thing"... and THEN they are taken in by God as sons and daughters. Is the WTS an "unclean thing"? Indeed, even a LITTLE "leaven"... ferments the WHOLE lump.
Even the GB have different views, sometimes quite starkly, on certain teachings...that's why they vote and why a two-third's majority is needed on the GB to change anything. This makes the GB absolute hypocrities, as they expect 100% conformity and submission by the 'great crowd' to them, yet amongst themselves the GB often disagree. Double standards.
Hence, the "leaven." Luke 12:1
I bid you the greatest of peace.
A slave of Christ,
SA