NEUTRALITY
(See also Christians; Military Service)
(Note centered heading below: Quotations)
alternatives for military service: g74 12/8 22-25; g66 9/22 21-22
avoiding circumstances that cast doubt on one’s: w78 5/15 4; w75 498
benefits: yb86 229-230, 243-244; w85 1/1 27; w84 3/1 14-15; w83 7/15 14-15, 23-24; yb83 16, 176-177; yb82 174-175; w80 8/15 32; yb80 203-207; w79 11/1 7; w78 4/15 20; w78 5/15 4; g78 12/8 29
Jamaica: yb85 102-105
to governments: w59 398
Zimbabwe: yb85 178-181, 204-206, 215
Bible view: w79 11/1 3-8; w78 3/1 29; w76 748-750; w75 496-498; w74 62-63; w73 741; w72 122-124; w71 307-308; w71 465-466; w69 554; w68 352; w67 520; yl 34, 36-37; w66 588-589; li 199, 215, 297-311; ms 351-359; g65 4/22 16-18; w64 247, 612; g64 5/22 13-14; g64 8/22 20-21; w63 756-757; g63 8/8 16-20; w62 649-650, 657, 666, 717, 723; g61 1/22 28; g61 10/8 27-28; w59 397-398; g59 6/8 27-28; w57 251, 756, 761; w55 726; qm55 327-328; w53 637; lg 237, 245; w50 445-446; w47 267; g40 10/30 28; w39 323-333; ne 3-31
Bible examples: ki 82-83; w39 323, 326-327, 329-330; ne 3, 11-12, 19, 22
discussion: w84 3/1 13-15; sj 12-16, 21; w79 11/1 3-8, 16-22; w78 5/15 3-4; w72 123-124; w70 498; li 295-320; g59 6/8 27-28; w39 323-333; ne 3-31
early Christians: w83 9/15 30; sj 12, 14; w82 2/1 5, 7; g81 6/22 8; g81 10/8 12; hp 167; w78 4/15 15-16; w76 643-644; g63 8/8 17
war: w78 4/15 15
employment: w82 7/15 26; g71 12/22 24
examples in—
Africa: w85 10/15 6-7; w84 3/1 13-15; w79 11/1 7
Albania: jp 154
Angola: yb83 176-177
Argentina: yb86 46; g81 9/8 29; g80 10/8 23-24; g79 3/22 29; g78 9/22 14; yb72 124
Australia: yb83 76, 91-92; jp 236; w47 172-174, 176
Belgium: yb84 120-121
Britain: w80 3/15 10-11; w70 687; jp 155-157; w55 523; qm55 328-329; g40 1/24 21-22
Canada: w84 5/15 28; w79 4/15 8-9; yb79 104-108, 142-143; jp 157-158
Central African Republic: w79 12/15 23
Chile: yb82 90
Congo: yb69 110-111; g66 3/8 19-20
Cuba: g82 3/22 8; g81 6/22 8-9; w80 10/15 30; yb67 122-123
Dominican Republic: w80 5/15 10-11; yb67 131-132; g67 5/8 19
El Salvador: yb85 52; yb84 20-21; w83 5/15 10-11; yb81 139-141
Europe: w73 476
Germany (German Democratic Republic [East]): yb74 230
Germany (Nazi): g83 8/22 29; g82 3/22 8; kc 158-159; yb80 105-106; w79 6/1 20; w79 11/1 4-5, 11; w78 4/1 7; w78 12/1 7; yb74 115-119, 123-124, 163, 166-169, 183-190, 196, 198, 204-205; g72 4/22 22-23; w71 489-490; w65 15; yb65 23-24; g65 4/22 26; w60 43
Greece: g83 10/22 15; w79 6/1 20; g78 2/22 5-7; g77 5/8 22-23; g77 10/22 29
Guadeloupe: w72 532
Guatemala: yb86 40-42
Hungary: yb63 300-301
India: yb77 121-122
Indonesia: yb67 180
Ireland: w83 7/15 14-15; w74 517-521; w73 28-29
island country: w71 532
Israel: yb80 253-254; yb76 18
Italy: yb82 120-128, 147, 150, 174-175, 222, 224-227; g80 11/8 29
land where the work is banned: yb85 45
Latin America: yb82 20-21
Lebanon: w83 7/15 23; yb80 198-199, 203-207; yb76 18; g76 6/8 17-18
Lesotho: w81 1/1 10-11; yb76 211, 213
Malawi: w73 264-266; w70 218-219; w68 72-73; w59 510
Malaysia: yb76 19
Mexico: g59 6/8 27
Mozambique: w78 11/15 12; yb76 19-21
Netherlands: yb86 176; yb85 36-37; w74 604-605; g74 12/8 22
New Zealand: yb81 238-239
Nicaragua: w79 5/15 8
Nigeria: yb86 229-230, 232-234, 237, 243-244; w72 520
Okinawa: yb67 235
Pakistan: yb77 121
Panama: w78 4/15 20
Peru: yb79 214-215
Philippines: yb78 97-100, 102-105, 107-109
Poland: g46 2/13 9
Ponape: yb67 73
Portugal: yb83 180-181, 193, 228-230; w80 8/15 32
South Africa: yb76 236; yb75 11; w64 484
Soviet Union: g81 9/8 29; w64 659; g64 7/8 9
Spain: yb78 156-157, 201-218
Sri Lanka: yb76 251
Swaziland: yb76 218-221; yb70 277
Sweden: w82 4/15 12; w78 8/1 11-12
Togo: yb74 10
Turkey: g73 3/22 15
United States: w84 5/1 24-25; g81 3/8 29; w76 106; yb75 205-208; g74 11/8 29; w73 411; w71 187; w65 221-222
Western Samoa: w78 8/1 32
Zaire: yb76 22; yb74 14; yb69 113; g66 3/8 19-20
Zimbabwe: yb86 15; yb85 170-172, 174-181, 203-206; g78 12/8 29
experiences:
employment given up: g71 12/22 24
soldiers spare Witness home from a search: yb82 20-21
Witness spared by Irish terrorists after they searched his car: w76 4
expressing opinion on community issues: w83 3/1 30-31
meaning of term: li 295; w39 323; ne 3
no neutrality at Armageddon: w39 11
review of book Christians and Politics regarding neutrality of Jesus and Witnesses: w82 10/15 18
Sweden’s problem of, in a nuclear war: g83 1/22 29
“they will have to beat their swords into plowshares” (Isa 2:4): w85 10/15 6-7; w84 9/15 16, 18; uw 166-167; w76 106; g71 12/22 24; li 314-318
understanding clarified: w74 734; w74 762; w71 719-720; li 296-299; w64 368; w39 323-333; ne 3-31
violators of Christian: w72 123-124
Watchtower on prayer for governments: jp 92; w36 6
Witnesses commended for: w78 11/15 12; yb78 216-217
columnist Jack Cady: g82 3/22 30
Witnesses during World War I: sl 188; yb75 97, 101, 103, 119; yb74 82-83; yb73 98-100; li 296-297; jp 91-92; w36 6
Witnesses during World War II: w80 3/15 10-11; w79 11/1 4-5, 11; w78 4/1 7; sl 188; yb75 182, 205-207; w74 734; yb73 162-164; w72 753; pm 334; w71 721; li 298-299; w65 15; yb65 23-24; g64 3/22 7; w60 43; jp 154-156; w55 726; qm55 327-331; g40 1/24 21-22
Witness fined for his neutrality pardoned by President Carter: g79 7/8 29
Witnesses not pacifists: cy 24-26; w51 67-75; w39 329; ne 22
Witnesses recognized for: w85 1/1 27; w79 3/1 19; g79 1/8 29; g79 1/22 29
Witnesses’ resolution regarding: w76 644; li 315-317; w63 631-632
Quotations
the Earnest Bible Students, who rejected military service as a group, were the better Christians: g83 8/22 29
Witnesses have consistently maintained stand of nonviolent Christian neutrality: w79 3/1 19
Witnesses stand outside the “establishment”: g78 12/22 12