ClaimRace, women and healthverified1950sExplicit statement

Rasse, Frauen und Gesundheit · Claim record

Der Wachtturm vom 15. September 1959 lehrte, es gebe innerhalb der Versammlung „no justification for discriminating against brothers because of the color of their skin“, erklärte aber im selben Absatz: „God’s people have to recognize the law of the land when it requires separation with respect to race or color in some countries“.

Claim ID claim-attitudes-race-1959-obey-segregation-lawsConcerns 15. September 1959Ausdrückliche Aussage

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Ausdrückliche Aussage · 15. September 1959 Geprüft

Der Wachtturm vom 15. September 1959 lehrte, es gebe innerhalb der Versammlung „no justification for discriminating against brothers because of the color of their skin“, erklärte aber im selben Absatz: „God’s people have to recognize the law of the land when it requires separation with respect to race or color in some countries“. Source: The Watchtower, 15. September 1959

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The Watchtower, “Salvation by Overcoming Proud Tradition”

15. September 1959 · p.556 · par. 9 · Watch Tower Bible and Tract Society

“Men do make a difference, and God's people have to recognize the law of the land when it requires separation with respect to race or color in some countries. But inside the New World society there is no difference and there is no justification for discriminating against brothers because of the color of their skin.”

A study article on overcoming national, language and racial pride. Earlier paragraphs condemn the idea of a master race and cite the 1958 Divine Will assembly, at which "253,922 people of 123 nations lived together in Christian peace and unity". The sentence quoted sets the limit of that principle: obedience to segregation law where it exists.

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Hinweis zur Vertrauensangabe. Opened on the Watchtower Online Library on 19 September 2026 and read from the document's own HTML. The quoted sentence stands in paragraph 9, after the page marker for page 556; the printed citation line reads "w59 9/15 pp. 554-560".

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Notes. The same paragraph states the principle of equality inside the congregation and the recognition of segregation law outside it.

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