Im November 1967 erklärte Der Wachtturm, dass eine Person, die ein transplantiertes menschliches Organ annimmt, 'living off the flesh of another human' sei und dass dies 'cannibalistic' sei, gleichviel ob das Fleisch 'chewed or in the form of whole organs or body parts' sei.

The Watchtower, “Questions From Readers (donating one's body for research / accepting transplanted organs)”

15. November 1967 · pp.702-704 · p. 702 · Watch Tower Bible and Tract Society

“Those who submit to such operations are thus living off the flesh of another human. That is cannibalistic. However, in allowing man to eat animal flesh Jehovah God did not grant permission for humans to try to perpetuate their lives by cannibalistically taking into their bodies human flesh, whether chewed or in the form of whole organs or body parts taken from others.”

Reasoning from Genesis 9:3-4 that replacing a diseased organ with another human's organ is a 'shortcut' equivalent to eating human flesh.

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