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Em 1983 A Sentinela disse que não era aconselhável que uma Testemunha de Jeová mantivesse uma arma de fogo para se defender de pessoas e que quem insistisse nisso deixaria de se qualificar para privilégios na congregação, ao mesmo tempo que tratava o emprego armado como uma decisão pessoal que a maioria das Testemunhas recusa.

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Declaração explícita · 15 de julho de 1983 Verificado

Em 1983 A Sentinela disse que não era aconselhável que uma Testemunha de Jeová mantivesse uma arma de fogo para se defender de pessoas e que quem insistisse nisso deixaria de se qualificar para privilégios na congregação, ao mesmo tempo que tratava o emprego armado como uma decisão pessoal que a maioria das Testemunhas recusa. Source: The Watchtower, 15 de julho de 1983Source: The Watchtower, 1 de novembro de 2005

A posição da organização ou explicação posterior: O próprio índice da organização inclui esse artigo entre as crenças esclarecidas sob o ano de 1983, com a entrada ‘guns, violence: w83 7/15 25’.

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Publicação primária das Testemunhas de Jeová Verificado

The Watchtower, ““Seek Peace and Pursue It””

15 de julho de 1983 · pp.24-25 · pars. 11, 16 · Watch Tower Bible and Tract Society

“The Scriptures, backed up by the modern-day experience of Jehovah’s Witnesses, make it plain that it is inadvisable for individual Christians to carry, or have in their possession at home or in other locations, a firearm or other lethal weapon for use against human attackers or intruders. … Anyone who thus continues to carry personal arms or otherwise equips himself to become “a smiter” would cease to qualify for special privileges in the congregation.”

The article deals with firearms, the martial arts and armed employment. It says ‘most of Jehovah’s Witnesses avoid such employment’ but treats the employment question itself as a personal decision.

Nota de procedência e verificação for The Watchtower, “Seek Peace and Pursue It”

Nota de confiança. Article opened on the Watchtower Online Library on 19 September 2026. Paragraph 11 sits before the page 25 marker and paragraph 16 after it; the article runs pp. 21-26. The two quoted passages are paragraphs 11 and 16, joined here by an ellipsis.

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Notes. Recorded because the organisation’s own index lists this article under the year 1983 with the entry ‘guns, violence: w83 7/15 25’. The wording that stood before 1983 was not located, so no comparison pair is offered.

Consultado em. 19 de setembro de 2026 · Identificador da fonte. src-chg-p-w-1983-0715-seek-peace-firearms

Publicação primária das Testemunhas de Jeová Verificado

The Watchtower, “Questions From Readers”

1 de novembro de 2005 · p.31 · Watch Tower Bible and Tract Society

“However, certain forms of employment are in clear violation of Bible principles and should be avoided. These include employment connected with gambling, the misuse of blood, and the promoting of tobacco products.”

The question is whether a Christian may accept employment that involves being armed. The answer says armed work is a personal decision but lists three kinds of work that remain prohibited outright.

Nota de procedência e verificação for The Watchtower, Questions From Readers

Nota de confiança. Document opened on the Watchtower Online Library on 19 September 2026; the quoted sentences sit after the page 31 marker.

Notes. Evidence that the employment rule created in 1974 was still in force thirty-one years later. No later published relaxation was located.

Consultado em. 19 de setembro de 2026 · Identificador da fonte. src-chg-p-w-2005-1101-qfr-armed-employment

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