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Le 1er novembre 1999, La Tour de Garde a déclaré que le fait pour un Témoin de voter personnellement pour un candidat est une décision qui relève de sa conscience éduquée par la Bible, et que ce qu’un Témoin fait dans l’isoloir est une affaire entre lui et son Créateur.

Claim ID claim-doctrine-voting-1999-conscienceConcerns 1 novembre 1999Déclaration explicite

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Déclaration explicite · 1 novembre 1999 Vérifié

Le 1er novembre 1999, La Tour de Garde a déclaré que le fait pour un Témoin de voter personnellement pour un candidat est une décision qui relève de sa conscience éduquée par la Bible, et que ce qu’un Témoin fait dans l’isoloir est une affaire entre lui et son Créateur. Source: The Watchtower, 1 novembre 1999Source: “Keep Yourselves in God’s Love”, 2008

Position de l’organisation ou explication ultérieure : La réponse ne se présente pas elle-même comme un changement ; elle énumère cinq raisons pour lesquelles ‘in many lands Jehovah’s Witnesses make a personal decision not to vote’.

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Publication primaire des Témoins de Jéhovah Vérifié

The Watchtower, “Questions From Readers”

1 novembre 1999 · pp.28-29 · Watch Tower Bible and Tract Society

“As to whether they will personally vote for someone running in an election, each one of Jehovah’s Witnesses makes a decision based on his Bible-trained conscience and an understanding of his responsibility to God and to the State.”

The answer sets out five factors a Witness should weigh, says that ‘in many lands Jehovah’s Witnesses make a personal decision not to vote’, and adds that if someone decides to go to the polling booth ‘what he does in the polling booth is between him and his Creator’. It also says that a Christian woman whose unbelieving husband insists she present herself to vote should not be criticised.

Note de provenance et de vérification for The Watchtower, Questions From Readers

Note sur la fiabilité. Document opened on the Watchtower Online Library on 19 September 2026 and read in full; the quoted sentence sits after the page 28 marker.

Notes. The answer does not describe itself as a change and makes no reference to any earlier ruling other than the 1950 article it quotes.

Date de consultation. 19 septembre 2026 · Identifiant de la source. src-chg-p-w-1999-1101-qfr-voting

Publication primaire des Témoins de Jéhovah Vérifié

“Keep Yourselves in God’s Love”, “Flag Salute, Voting, and Civilian Service”

2008 · p.213 · Watch Tower Bible and Tract Society

“Remembering that Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego went as far as the plain of Dura, a Christian, under similar circumstances, may decide to go to the booth if his conscience permits.”

The appendix restates the 1999 position for readers of the study book, lists six principles to weigh, and says Witnesses ‘remain resolutely neutral with regard to the political affairs of the nations’.

Note de provenance et de vérification for “Keep Yourselves in God’s Love”, Flag Salute, Voting, and Civilian Service

Note sur la fiabilité. Appendix opened on the Watchtower Online Library on 19 September 2026. The voting section begins before the page 214 marker, so the quoted words are on page 213; the appendix runs pp. 212-215.

Notes. Shows how the 1999 answer was carried into the study literature.

Date de consultation. 19 septembre 2026 · Identifiant de la source. src-chg-p-lv-2008-appendix-voting

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