Thanks for the transcript. It's fascinating to see they way in one talk they blur the line between the FDS and the GB. They're talking about identifying one; then suddenly they're talking about why Witnesses have to be obedient to the other. Then, tying it together, there's reference to the GB being the "spokesman" for the FDS. I don't recall Jesus ever speaking about a "spokesman class."
It's also interesting to see how they airbrush the point of supposed decision by Jesus about who would be his faithful slave "class". Yes, the WTS (like amy other religions at the time) was feeding its followers in 1914-1918. But as Don Cameron details in his Captives of a Concept book, they were feeding them doctrines that within a generation would be discarded as falsehoods (or misunderstandings as they call 'em). Jesus' parable (or the traditional WTS applicaiton of it) made no allowance for choosing a slave that taught lies/misunderstandings, then over the next 90 years gradually correcting it and eradicating those lies. Why would he?
The FDS is clearly growing year by year, so in response the GB has had an "adjustment" to block out 99.9999 percent of them. The subtext is this: Out of 11,202 anointed, only seven are eligible to speak on God's behalf. They do so because they decided it. The remaining 11,195 simply obey.
What would happen if a rival representative group of anointed established themselves as the spokesman? (Yeah I know, a repeat of the 1917 leadership dispute. But it's worth thinking about).
