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  • Watch Tower Publications Index 1986-2023
Watch Tower Publications Index 1986-2023
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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: cf 41, 43; 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; 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: ijwfq 23; 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: ijwfq 37; 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

Burma: yb13 125, 127-128

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

Ireland: yb88 113, 115-119

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 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 in prison camp invited to political theory classes: lfs 1

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 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 64; yb16 34-35; kr 153-156; jv 196-198

Nazi Germany: ijwfq 57

neutral at heart: w23.08 12-13

not compromising: w14 11/15 15

no threat to national security: ijwfq 37

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

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