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En 1986, La Tour de Garde citait « alternative service », à côté du service militaire et du salut au drapeau, parmi les questions sur lesquelles « faithful Christians took the position that there was no middle ground ».

Claim ID claim-doctrine-civilian-service-pre-1996-no-middle-groundConcerns 1 septembre 1986Implication forte

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Implication forte · 1 septembre 1986 Vérifié

En 1986, La Tour de Garde citait « alternative service », à côté du service militaire et du salut au drapeau, parmi les questions sur lesquelles « faithful Christians took the position that there was no middle ground ». Source: The Watchtower, 1 septembre 1986

Position de l’organisation ou explication ultérieure : w98 8/15 a reconnu plus tard que certains « suffered for refusing to share in an activity that their conscience now might permit », en citant « certain types of civilian service ».

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The Watchtower, “Christian Neutrals in a Bloodstained World”

1 septembre 1986 · pp.17-22 · par. 16 (p. 20) · Watch Tower Bible and Tract Society

“Whether the issue was shedding blood, noncombatant military work, alternative service, or saluting an image such as a national flag, faithful Christians took the position that there was no middle ground.”

Describing the stand of Witnesses under the Nazi regime and elsewhere; alternative service is listed alongside military service as something faithful Christians refused.

Note de provenance et de vérification for The Watchtower, Christian Neutrals in a Bloodstained World

Note sur la fiabilité. Opened on wol.jw.org; wording confirmed; page 20 from page marker.

Corroboré par. src-w-1998-0815-suffered-needlessly

Notes. Best pre-1996 Watchtower anchor located for the earlier stance; not a formal ruling.

Date de consultation. 19 septembre 2026 · Identifiant de la source. src-w-1986-0901-christian-neutrals

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