Hi there, I'm a newbie here too...fading publisher, former pioneer and ministerial servant.
Yes, I've had my issues with some elders over the course of years, and of course, you can't challenge them, criticize them (because you are speaking out against those whom the holy spirit has appointed), or for that matter challenge or criticize the Watchtower and its representative GB.
I'm so glad to find so many who have a problem with this 'new light' like myself. For a while I wondered if I was alone. Not anymore. I seriously hope that this giving themselves pope-like status will ring bells in the minds of conscientious witnesses and prompt them to do research. That's what happened to me and it was then that I found out TTATT, and Awoke! after reading The Watchtower. And how glad I was to find this forum!
And 'you shall know the Internet, and the Internet shall set you free'.