Spirituality
29 Oct 12
Originally posted by robbie carrobieYou are not being neutral, you are being obedient to the instruction of your governing body. You denyed this on page one of this thread and went on to state that my assertions were "meaningless" until you saw this quote from your own literature instructing JWs not to vote. There is a big difference between choosing not to vote and not being allowed to to vote as you are.
clearly you need to educate yourself with regard to christian neutrality.
Watchtower 1964 5/15 p.308
In no country do Jehovah’s witnesses take part in politics....Therefore they do not take part in voting at elections.
Originally posted by RJHindsFixed that for you.
Conservative
The free market system, competitive capitalism, and private enterprise create the greatest opportunity and the highest standard of living for the vendors only. Free markets produce more economic growth, more jobs and higher standards of living for the vendors only than those systems burdened by excessive government regulation.
Originally posted by sonhouseGiven the lowest common denominator of society, I'm afraid a lottery system would lead to far more graft, although it is tough to imagine a system with more graft than the current one.
How about chucking the whole democratic thing and just elect government officials with a lottery? At least that way a few weeks can go by before they are totally in the pockets of the powers behind the scene.
A lottery would put people of both genders, all ages, all levels of intelligence and experience in together.
My bet is they would do just as go ...[text shortened]... es, and the haves more. YOU ARE MY BASE!'. Unquote. Kind of easy to see what he was all about.