Thanks, happyout!Hello Odrade - welcome to our forum & thanks for the definitions."If someone *submits or complies silently without protest* (Malawi brothers) by buying the $.25 political card, then that person is still supporting that governmental system. It doesn't matter how much, or how little, it's still support." This, if I remember correctly, was the WT's stance as thousands of Malawi JW's were tortured, raped & murdered for that $.25 political card.
a) The NGO must support and respect the principles of the Charter of the United Nations;
I believe the WT (actively becoming a card-carrying NGO with the UN) proved "support and respect to the principles of the Charter of the United Nations" through numerous Awake magazine printed articles supporting the United Nations' efforts.The WT then *encouraged* JW's to *contribute* for these same mags at the Literature Desk....ironically, we usually paid $.25 for each of them. If there weren't enough *contributions* to cover mags - the congregation must pay for these mags. Then the WT *encouraged* a show of faith in Jehovah by worldwide JW's going out in field service and placing these same UN-supporting Awakes with millions of persons. lol - and then asking for contributions.Haven't done the math..........but $.25 a mag paid at the Literature Desk (or by congregation) for millions of copies of one Awake mag. times how many articles.....about a dozen? Comes out to some big money spent by the WT to prove to the NGO admittance committee (not proper name) that the WT was worthy of being an NGO with the UN "political arrangement."Malawi JW's - refused to give $.25 to "any political arrangement" and were tortured, raped & murdered. The WT wrote articles *commending their faithful stand till death* in the Awake magazines, enforcing the belief that it was necessary to be killed for $.25 political card if we wanted Jehovah's approval.WTBTS - collected millions of $.25 from other JW's for Awake articles they wrote in support of the UN - which is part of "any political arrangement." Then gave these same millions of Awakes to worldly persons promoting the UN principles.