The Neutrality issue was one of the major issues that young brothers in many places in the world are facing. Some they died for that issue, some the spend many years in prisons, and as a result they are record is marked for being in prison.
In my country many brothers went to prison from 2-4 years, but the most outrageous thing that the WT did, it was to hide behind an 18 year old kids. Yeah the cowards running WT they didn't have the balls to stand next to us, and I will explain why:
When it was time for joining the Army, and since Army service is done by all males, the WT was telling us the exact words to say to the officials:
"That I 'm a Jehovahs Witness, and my conscious does not allow me to join any military forces and this is my PERSONAL decision"
I recall in meeting we had for this matter the CO told us clearly:"Never say that the WT tells you not to join the Army. No matter what, YOU SHOULD NEVER mention WT to the officials, or that you will get disfellowshiped if you join Army Forces, or the WT is telling you NOT to join the Army. You will say it is your PERSONAL DECISION and keep the Organization out from any discussion"
So the question that arrises here is:"If it is a matter of conscious why we would get disfellowshiped if we did join the Army? And since when in a matter of conscious a Christian would face judical commitee and gets disfellowshiped?
But as usual WT has a different agenda for the outside world and other for the rank and file. Then the Goverment came with a new proposal:
Since you don't join the Army then you can join other services like Hospital, Fire Department, Forest Department, Resque, and you will do your service, your obligation to your country there. Some of us were happy of this new arrangement, since the WT did accepted that arrangement in other European Countries. But the FDS had a different oppinion in our case. The answer was NO....and they said that we go to the other services IF the court send us there as a penalty. WE WILL NOT ACCEPT ALTERNATIVE SERVICE...
So 15 years went by, and the FDS finally accepted the Alternative Service. So again the "Holy Spirit" was late to act, and change its mind. No need to say that many of us suffered from this, since we couldn't go on with our lifes and jobs, since it was a pending issue. But again the WT was using us in the most horrible way. Plus we had to pay the lawyer that the Org has chosen for us, everytime we appeared in Court. And the guy really charged a lot!!!
But there was another issue regarding Neutrality. The Goverment has a special tax for diffence. It is only a small rate but still it is a tax for buying Arms. When we asked the Society if we should pay that tax, the answer was yes. We must give to the Ceasar what belongs to the Ceasar. But we ask again, is it correct to pay that tax since is going for military purposes. The answer was that Ceasar desides what to do with the money, therefore there is nothing wrong to pay that tax.
What was the real reason behind this? Since the Branch of the WT had to pay taxes(for buying and selling land)it would have created them problem with the Goverment, plus it would have a nagative effect to all of the JW's since in my country Diffence is a very sensitive issue.So it would have cost them a lot, so they chose to pay the tax.
But what would have happened if we were not in Europe by in an African country? Good question, and I really don't feel to think about it. In my mind it comes the tragic events that took place for our Brothers in Malawi....
The GB are a banch of cowards, and all they care is how to use poor people in order to have control over human life. They have no conscious at all, and they have sacrifice hunderds of thousands of people in the Altar of their Organization. Many times I wonder the panishment that Jesus holds for them. But I guess the only panishment we can give to the WT it is to show to future victims, and even those are inside how EVIL organization the WT is