NEUTRALITY
(See also Conscientious Objection; Flag Salute; Military Service; National Anthems; Politics; lands by name)
ambassadors: it-1 89
Anabaptists: w87 11/15 22
appreciation for Watchtower articles on neutrality: w96 11/1 27
Baptists (Ukraine): g00 9/22 21
basis for neutrality: w90 7/1 23-25
benefits: tp 124
ministry permitted during political unrest: yb88 115-116
undistracted from preaching God’s Kingdom: w89 3/15 21
Bible examples:
Daniel’s three friends: it-1 579
Jesus Christ: w18.06 5-6; w12 5/1 5-6; w10 7/1 22-24; w90 2/1 16-17; w89 1/1 21
Bible view: w22.05 11; lff lesson 45; w18.06 4-7; lvs 61-63, 97, 244; w15 7/15 22-26; lv 51-53, 55, 82-83; cf 41, 43; w06 5/1 31; w02 11/1 14-19; wt 71-72, 162-164, 166; w96 4/15 19-20; kl 124; w90 2/1 16-17; rs 269-276
patriotic ceremonies: w02 9/15 21-25; rs 274-275
politics: w16.04 28-30; w12 5/1 5-7; w10 7/1 22-25; w09 8/1 7-8; w04 5/1 5-7; rs 273; w88 5/1 19; g87 4/22 10
social issues: w88 5/1 19
understanding clarified (1939): kr 56, 148-150; w95 5/15 23; jv 193
video Lessons From The Watchtower—Remain Neutral in a Divided World: lff lesson 45
videos True Christians Are Neutral: lff lesson 45
video Why True Christians Need Courage—To Maintain Neutrality: lff lesson 45
voting: w21.05 7; lv 213-214; w99 11/1 28-29
war: it-2 1170; lvs 62-63; g17.5 10; lv 53; g 8/11 22-23; w09 8/1 7; w09 10/1 29-31; g02 5/8 21; rs 271-272
Christendom rejects neutrality: w06 3/1 6
discussion: lff lesson 45; w16.04 27-31; w86 9/1 17-22
early Christians: lv 52; wt 162-163; g02 8/8 8-10; g97 5/8 23; g94 10/22 6; jv 190, 673; w90 2/1 17; w90 10/15 21; w90 11/1 26; w88 4/15 17; w88 5/1 28; w87 10/15 6; tp 123-124
comments by historian Arnold Toynbee: sh 347
comments by historian Will Durant: w88 7/15 20
Jewish revolt (66-73 C.E.): w90 10/15 6-7
military service: it-1 175-176; lv 52; w12 3/1 5; g 11/09 11; w05 3/15 6-7; g02 5/8 21; w98 12/1 6; g98 10/22 5-6; jv 192; rs 272-273
patriotic ceremonies: rs 275
politics: lvs 61; lv 52; w12 5/1 22; w04 5/1 3; rs 273-274
employment: w86 4/1 22
arms trade: g89 6/8 10
video Jehovah Has Never Let Us Down: lff lesson 45
examples in—
Africa: w86 1/1 27
Albania: yb10 139-140, 143-147, 151, 185-186, 188; w96 1/1 26-27
Angola: yb01 84-86, 96-98, 115-117, 128
Armenia: kr 152-153; yb08 18-19; yb06 14; yb04 18
Austria: yb89 100-101, 114-123
Biafra (Nigeria): g93 5/8 7-9
Bosnia and Herzegovina: yb09 201-202
Brazil: w95 5/1 25-26
Britain: yb17 172-173; w16.08 4; yb16 174-175; kr 149; w13 5/15 31-32; w05 6/1 25-26; g04 2/22 12-13
Canada: w17.02 13
Central America: w86 1/1 27
Côte d’Ivoire: yb12 30-31
Croatia: yb09 167-169
Czechoslovakia: w98 9/1 24-28; w96 3/15 7
Dominican Republic: yb15 94-97
Eritrea: yb13 35
Finland: w92 4/1 22; yb90 171-172, 183-184
France: g 11/06 22-23
Germany (Nazi): w94 1/15 5; g89 4/8 13-15; g87 4/22 10; g87 9/8 7; w86 9/1 20-21
Germany (pre-1933): w16.08 32
Greece: w17.04 14-17; w05 4/1 22-23; w03 2/1 30
Guatemala: w89 8/15 28
Hungary: w03 1/15 32; yb03 23; g02 4/22 20-23; yb96 87-89, 91, 93-95
Indonesia: yb16 109-111, 144; g 9/09 13-14
Korea, Republic of (South): yb14 30-31; yb13 40-41; yb12 36-37; g 12/08 12-14; yb88 164-166, 188
Malawi: yb99 171-176, 178-184
Mexico: w00 12/15 8-9
Moldova: g05 4/22 20-22; g05 12/22 12-13; yb04 83-85, 91-94, 117-118
Mozambique: yb96 138-139, 160-162
New Caledonia: w87 8/15 26-27
Nicaragua: yb03 99-108
Panama: g90 7/8 24-27
Papua New Guinea: yb11 150-151
Peru: w87 1/1 14
Philippines: yb03 193-195
Poland: w07 9/1 9-10; w04 10/15 27; yb94 207-208; g93 5/8 11
Réunion: yb07 243-247
Romania: yb06 127-128
Rwanda: w13 7/1 5; w96 11/1 17-18, 32
Slovenia: yb09 169; w01 11/15 32
South Africa: yb07 109, 111-113, 118-123, 128; g93 5/8 9-10
Soviet Union: w15 10/15 14-15; yb08 87, 100, 140, 188-189; w07 3/1 8-12; w05 9/1 8-11; g05 12/22 13-14; g87 4/22 10
Spain: lfs article 6; bt 216-217; g03 3/8 31
Suriname: w89 10/15 24-27
Sweden: yb91 161-167
Switzerland: yb87 156-157, 175-177
Tajikistan: w22.10 9-11
Turkey: yb15 36; yb13 36-37; yb07 26
Turkmenistan: yb08 21; yb06 16
Ukraine: yb02 152-154; g00 9/22 21; g00 10/8 21; g00 10/22 20-21
United States: w10 9/1 26, 28-29; w86 2/1 24-25
Yugoslavia: yb09 172-173, 176-177
Zambia: yb06 229-240
experiences:
acquitted, promoted: w91 7/1 31
a general watches, then protects Witnesses: yb11 150-151
answering demands for support from political groups: yb07 126-128
beatings in prison endured: w86 2/1 17-18
compromised: w14 11/15 15
court victories: kr 152; yb94 108
divine providence: w06 8/15 32
efforts to deceive: yb96 102-104
ex-military man’s life spared: w91 1/1 6
explaining stand to opposed official: w99 8/1 29
ex-policeman’s life spared: w89 10/15 24-26
faithful despite threat of death: g89 4/8 14; yb88 164
faithful unto death: re 102; w00 4/1 26-27; yb96 93-95; yb94 98-99; yb89 119-123; g89 4/8 14-16; w86 9/1 22
fellow employee attracted by: w86 4/1 22
firing-squad ploy: yb90 171-172
former Catholic in Northern Ireland: w99 12/15 10-11; w98 12/1 6; yb88 124
former opposing soldiers embrace at meeting: w91 1/1 6
freed from camp of political youth gang: yb89 44
government employee demoted, then restored: w88 5/1 19
headmaster beaten, returns as inspector: yb04 232
homes not burned: yb94 90
Hutu and Tutsi refugees: yb97 49
imprisoned and beaten: yb01 84-86
issue results in witness: jv 495
letter from Catholic to newspaper: w98 1/1 32
mental examinations ordered: yb91 162-163
military government respects (Uruguay): yb99 246-247
mistaken identity: yb88 116-117
mother and daughter assaulted: w06 8/1 28
nine-year-old foils persecutors: yb01 96
officer in special forces (video): lff lesson 45
prison riots: g87 9/22 21-22
recognized as Witnesses: yb05 20, 22; yb01 91-92; yb88 117-119
refusal to compromise wins out: w89 10/15 27
refuses to join political youth organization: yb08 120
refuse to mine uranium for war purposes: w96 3/15 7
resolute stand rewarded: yb03 193-194; yb95 155-157
security chief allows dedication program despite political unrest: w87 8/15 27
shot at but missed: yb09 172-173
soldiers release Witnesses: w00 12/15 8-9; w94 2/1 19; yb88 229-230; w86 1/1 27; w86 9/15 24
terrorists release Witnesses: w87 1/1 14
tract explains Witness stand: yb01 13-14
video Enduring Despite Persecution: lff lesson 59
video Jehovah Has Never Let Us Down (employment): lff lesson 45
Witnesses during prison revolts (Soviet Union): yb08 100, 140; w07 3/1 8-12
Witnesses during World War II: w16.02 4-5
Witnesses formerly imprisoned for neutrality exonerated (Greece): kr 152; yb02 15
Witnesses watched in ministry: yb88 115
witnessing to leader in jungle camp: w94 1/1 5
Witness schoolgirl: yb04 248
Witness student exempted from military training: yb03 194-195
Witness student expelled, wins supreme court victory (Israel): g94 11/8 12-15
Witness students resist pressure to compromise: yb11 222-223
Jehovah’s Witnesses: ijwfq article 37; lff lesson 45; od 200; w16.04 27-31; w15 9/1 4; ed 20, 23-24; kr 148-156; pc 27-28; re 42-43; w03 3/1 3-4; w02 11/1 16-17; wt 163-164, 166; w97 1/15 14; w97 4/15 14-16; g97 4/22 11; g94 10/22 6-7; jv 193-198; w90 2/1 22-23; w90 11/1 26; sh 345-348; g87 4/22 10
attitude: jv 669, 673-674; w90 11/1 18-19; w88 4/15 16
civilian service: lv 214-215; w96 5/1 19-20
commended: yb88 115; w87 2/15 25
commended by nun: w87 10/1 5
comment about, in “More About Justifying Violence”: g97 4/22 11; w88 2/1 19
comment by Australian Encyclopædia: g94 10/22 7
comment by clergyman Niemöller: w97 1/1 32; ba 25
comment by Irish journalist: g97 5/8 22
comment by Nazi official: g94 10/22 7
comment by Reformierte Presse on Rwanda genocide (1994): w12 3/1 5
comments by Israeli journalist-historian: g94 11/8 15
comments by Russian theologian: g97 8/22 26-27
despite terrorism: w03 6/1 13-15
insight into need for neutrality: w89 3/15 20-21
letter and reply: g95 11/8 30
military service: kr 151-153
nationalistic or patriotic ceremonies: ijwfq article 64; yb16 34-35; kr 153-156; jv 196-198
not compromising: w14 11/15 15
not neutral about Jehovah’s sovereignty: w15 7/15 23-24
persecution: jv 669-675
personal decision: jv 198
politics: rr 80-81; w12 12/15 26-27; w01 10/15 6; yb00 188-189, 210-211; jv 189-190, 195
revolutions: jv 195
unique: w88 5/1 18-19
war: w22.10 29-31; w14 9/15 7-8; kr 148-151; w13 7/1 5; w09 10/1 31; w08 7/1 22; w98 12/1 6; g98 11/22 12-13
whether a government should use capital punishment: w97 6/15 30-31
World War I: yb17 172-173; w16.08 31-32; w16.11 29-30; yb16 174-175; yb15 173-174; kr 56, 149; w13 5/15 31-32; g04 2/22 12-13; jv 191-192; w87 6/15 15
World War II: w16.08 4, 32; w09 6/1 14-15; w08 7/1 22; yb00 74-76; g94 10/22 7; jv 194; yb91 161-163; w90 2/1 22; w86 2/1 24-25; w86 9/1 20-21
life stories:
Determined to Be a Soldier of Christ: w17.04 14-17
Enduring as a Soldier of Christ: w05 9/1 8-12
From Political Activist to Neutral Christian: g02 6/22 19-23
We Made a Firm Decision for God’s Rulership: w04 11/1 24-28
maintaining one’s neutrality: w22.05 11; lff lesson 45; w96 7/15 19
helping children: w15 7/15 25-26
Jehovah sustains efforts: w16.04 30; w88 12/1 18-19
keys to: w16.04 28-31
video Maintain Neutrality at Public Events: lff lesson 45
meaning of term: rs 269-270
no neutrality at Armageddon: rs 48
Unity of Brethren (Minor Party): w03 12/15 12