Dansk:
What happens to the DOs and COs when they have to retire from service? Are they found accommodation and provided for by the organisation?Yes, the Society is encouraging congregations to build extra apartments in new Kingdom Halls to accomodate retired DOs and COs. In out local town, we built one of these apartments and a retired CO is living there.
The faithful and discreet slave are said to number 144,000 and are supposed to give us our food at the proper time. Why is it, then, that there is an elite few giving the rest of us AND the other faithful and discreet slave their food? Surely ALL the F&DS have the knowledge that is given them via holy spirit? Where in scripture does it say there'll be an elistest group within the 144,000 and these alone are to dispense it?Interesting reasoning, but think about this, in the 1st Century Christian Congregations all members were of the annointed class, but only a few dispersed spiritual food at the proper time. Paul was inspired to write to the Christian congregations. Also others were used such as Peter, James, and John but not all members of the congregations received messages from God. There has to be some sort of arrangment to be organized and not cause confusion.
Why do the GB take a vote? That is a democracy when it should be a theocracy.You're assuming that Jehovah cannot influence the vote one way or another. The vote is not taken by men that are uninformed, they research the matter before voting. Again, there has to be an arrangment to reach a decision, if not the body of elders or GB would many times be locked and not able to come to any conclusions. Jehovah allows this today. Consider this information: in the early times of Israel, Moses was divinely directed. But it's interesting to read about the arrangment of the "Urim and Thummim", these were " Objects used to ascertain the divine will when questions of national importance needed an answer from Jehovah." It seems that this "Urim and Thummim" were lots that were cast to answer a question "yes" or "no". Now we could ask, why did Jehovah use that arrangement? I really don't know the answer to that, but obviously Jehovah considered that an appropriate way to handle decision making in those times. Similarily, although you seem to not understand why Jehovah allows the GB to take a vote, we can be sure that Jehovah is much wiser that us and that it is an arrangment that works. One thing that I think about is that the arrangment of voting within a body of elders safeguards against someone trying to use their authority in the wrong way.