Many statements expressed here that voting is against wt doctrine or a df offense is not supported with wt literature. The quoted Wt article posted in this thread does not say anything that prohibits voting by the wt. It only says that voting is a conciense matter. If anyone has any information from the wt stating that voting is unchristian please post. If nothing in writting from the wts can be presented that voting is against the jw doctrine, then one must conclude from the wt article quoted that voting is a conciense matter.
Voting a Conscience Matter?
by Blueblades 14 Replies latest jw friends
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Fisherman
Many statements expressed here that voting is against wt doctrine or a df offense is not supported with wt literature. The quoted Wt article posted in this thread does not say anything that prohibits voting by the wt. It only says that voting is a conciense matter. If anyone has any information from the wt stating that voting is unchristian please post. If nothing in writting from the wts can be presented that voting is against the jw doctrine, then one must conclude from the wt article quoted that voting is a conciense matter.
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carla
The whole 'it's a conscience matter' is joke! Everybody knows that if your 'conscience' doesn't match that of the society you will suffer the consequences of following your own, rather than their collective conscience.
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Kudra
Wait- was that 1950 WT before or after the Mexico/Malawi incident?
The society inserting that '50 quote could be seen as a "see we said they could vote (get a party card) -The Malawians were acting on their OWN conscience, not a mandate from the society"
It's like everything they print is so carefully schemed out to cover their own ass.
Oh, and the part about if a husband "makes" his wife go the polling booth... the fact that they are reprinting advice like that in the twentieth century... No wonder their archaic stance on abuse (try to be a better wife and not give him a reason to beat you), wife OR child abuse.
Good, I'm now gonna accidentally let my voter registration card slip in front of my mom or JW friends- and then quote the June 15th 1999 WT on it being a conscience matter. Hah! so there!
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Fisherman
Again, a lot of views but nothing in writting. The wt article posted seems to be that last stated position on wt doctrine on this issue. If jws in some parts of the world are not sanctioned by the wts if they choose to vote,(according to what is stated in the posted wt article) the same applies by principle to all jws everywhere.
Off topic: Getting antivenum or tetanus vaccine is a matter of concience based on the sanctity of blood principle according to wts dogma. What an outrage it is to confuse people making it an option for them in order to be acceptable to God that they risk dying instead of getting livesaving medical treatment or prevention of disease. Certainly every sane person should have the right to choose what medical treatment they want but don't burden people with "conscience" as a guilt reason to refuse safe and effective medicine in my opinion.