Letter to the Governing Body on controversial points   I thought you might like to see this Its a letter the Governing Body received in  from the Watch Towers chairmans committee before the Governing Body disfellowshipped many senior Witnesses for apostasy and the reason was they were discussing these teachings below I happen to agree with the points that disagree with traditional Watch Tower doctrine You would also find it interesting reading Raymond Franzs discussion of each of these points in his two books Crisis of Conscience and In search of Christian Freedom and after see if you can still refute them using the Bible as your guide The letter is below   Following are some of the wrong teachings being spread as emanating from Bethel These have been brought to the attention of the Governing Body from the field from April  onward   That Jehovah does not have an organization on earth today and its Governing Body is not being directed by Jehovah   Everyone baptized from Christs time CE  forward to the end should have the heavenly hope All these should be partaking of the emblems at Memorial time and not just those who claim to be of the anointed remnant   There is no proper arrangement as a faithful and discreet slave class made up of the anointed ones and their Governing Body to direct affairs of Jehovahs people At Matthew  Jesus used this expression only as an illustration of faithfulness of individuals Rules are not needed only follow the Bible   There are not two classes today the heavenly class and those of the earthly class also called other sheep at John    That the number  mentioned in Revelation  and  is symbolic and not to be taken as literal Those of the great crowd mentioned at Revelation  also serve in heaven as indicated in vs  where it is claimed that such crowd serves day and night in his temple naos or K int says in the divine habitation of him   That we are now living in a special period of last days but that the last days started  years ago CE  as indicated by Peter at Acts  when he quoted from the prophet Joel   That  is not an established date Christ Jesus was not enthroned then but has been ruling in his kingdom since CE That Christs presence parousia is not yet but when the sign of the Son of man will appear in heaven Matthew  in the future   That Abraham David and other faithful men of old will also have the heavenly life basing such view on Hebrews   Copy of letter Page  Crisis of Conscience by Raymond Franz