seems like I remember the first paragraph as coming from Henschel originally. Like his response from Religions in America or some book; a response that the old farts LIKED and used to counter the propaganda that "others" might be saved.... but then along came the need for that pesky diplomacy...
From the offical WT website ... new light?
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Dogpatch
from Wikipedia on Henschel:
"In a July, 1968 interview with the Detroit Free Press, Henschel was asked about the Watch Tower Society's recently stated opposition to tissue transplants.[2] He responded by saying that "Transplanting organs is really cannibalism.[3]" Scriptural support was drawn from the Bible book of Acts 15:29, from which he quoted the Apostolic decree, "Abstain from meats offered to idols, and from blood." Significant amounts of donor blood accompany the typical organ transplant, even without transfusion. He continued by saying that "In transplants, you are taking something from another body to sustain your life." Speaking for Jehovah's Witnesses as a whole, he said, "We are confident of the resurrection, and don’t fear death," ending with the rhetorical question, "If a person gains another five years, because of a transplant, what has he gained, if he loses the future?", thus suggesting that such an act would result in condemnation by God. It is noteworthy that this position was abandoned twelve years later in 1980.[4]
"During the same 1968 Free Press interview, Henschel spoke to the Watch Tower view of the immediate future, making reference to the impending battle of Armageddon, during which God would defeat Satan and his evil forces, thus restoring peace to the Earth. He conceded that there was no specific date for the outbreak of Armageddon but, he added, "1975 is a year to watch," alluding to the Watchtower Society teaching that 6000 years of mankind's existence would be reached that year, marking the probable beginning of Christ's millennial reign.[5]
"Henschel also contributed to the book Religions of America (1975), edited by Leo Rosten, with the chapter "Who are Jehovah's Witnesses."
This is the first time I remember the GB being BOLD with their exclusivity in a non-JW publication. J.R. Brown would not say that JWs are the only true religion in such cocky terms today, but Henschel was on his rise to being a big rooster and had to say something really off-putting. He is the same one that told the Bethel family that the GB wanted more power than they currently had. Just before Knorr died, but when the GB were countering Freddy and his resistance to the rotating GB arrangement (the arrangement that would eventually kill their public appeal; they lost ther "male member, so to speak).
Wish I had his quote; short, concise, and thought-stopping. The perfect cult answer. I lost the book, though.
Randy
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aligot ripounsous
whatever cautious language they may use on this subject, as long as they compare the WT organization to the ark and let the listener draw the conclusion for himself, their stand is that only JWs will be saved.