But apparently these elders said that wasn't the case. They pretty much said if people didn't know about Jehovah's Witnesses, they would not be judged since they never got the chance to know about Jehovah.
They are lying through their teeth! Here is the quote from the WT to ask them to read and explain to you:
WT1989 9/1 pg.19 par.7
"....7 Only Jehovah’s Witnesses, those of the anointed remnant and the “great crowd,” as a united organization under the protection of the Supreme Organizer, have any Scriptural hope of surviving the impending end of this doomed system dominated by Satan the Devil. (Revelation 7:9-17; 2 Corinthians 4:4)"
And no, it is not "old light". Ask them to show you the new light that refutes the above.
Jokers....