How foolish would the Society have to be in order to claim that bad things wouldn't happen to JWs while in service or traveling to assemblies? Even they're not that stupid.
You mean the same WT that came up with an "overlapping" generation, 1925, 1975, determining when when Eve's period began, and the newly re-worked FDS being the Governing Body?
You're right...WT can't possibly be THAT stupid.
I still contend that if JWs did not have the idea god protects them, then continuing to pray for his protection is stupidly futile at best.
BTW- the last time I heard a brother pray for god's protection on JWs as they travelled home was at a DC...and it was said by the visiting Bethel speaker.