"Just goes to show that the "Holy Spirit" the WT claim is working with their midst has nothing to do with what goes on within the walls of the WT.
God cannot make mistakes or He wouldn't be God."
Actually, WT does NOT claim that the HS is appointing anyone a MS or Elder. The wording might be in that direction, but the meaning is that the Bible is Spirit-directed, and it is in the Bible that the requirements are mentioned, so a person is appointed by HS in the sense that the local elders and for that sake all the congregational members can see if a person lives up to the standards written in the Bible. If he does that, then he is clearly a candidate, and the elders under prayer consider if he should be appointed. The HS is therefore seen as operating or appointing in the sense that it is the force behind the spelling out of the requirements, the force behind the changes in living which the candidate has carried out, and the force working or influencing the elders during prayer. In SUCH a respect, a person is appointed by HS. It is not meant as if some miracle takes place, and hence the HS can NOT make mistakes - but local elders can interpret mistakenly, and candidates can lie and deceive in such a way that it is not discovered by the local elders. Butthen, the understanding is, this will be allowed for some time, but will then be brought to light by God in due time - as the East European occurances have demonstrated. Here is where the sinning against the HS in this particular field comes into the picture.
So decline - because you will be discovered sometime along the passing of time, and in my eyes also because one should not step on other people's inner beliefs - no matter how hard one might feel that THEY are steppin' ......................
