2006-09-05 06:58:12 · 15 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
LOL!!! Excellent, I have to try that
2006-09-05 06:59:50 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
No, not usually.
Many Jehovah's Witnesses have tried this, because they feel it is against their religion. Officially, though, it's really not. This is one of the very few things that Jehovah's Witnesses actually can use their conscience to decide for themselves. (Nearly everything else is decided for them).
The extremely negative view that Jehovah's Witnesses take of anything that might be considered civic-minded or Lord forbid, akin to patriotic, lies in their belief that even though the Bible states that governments rule by the arrangement of God, they feel all these governments are wicked and in competition with the Kingdom of God. Therefore to support this arrangement in just about everything except the paying of taxes which Jesus specifically said to do, is wrong in their minds.
This attitude is the result of the influence of the second president of the Watchtower Society, Joseph Rutherford. His view of the earthly governments was so negative and so distorted that he refused to recognize that Romans 13:1 "be subject to the higher powers" meant to obey the governments of the world, but insisted that the higher powers were Jehovah god and Jesus christ. Although this teaching was abandoned in the 1960s, the influence of this teaching and the attitude it engendered toward any kind of "civic" responsibilities, continues to be felt among Witnesses who truly feel that sitting on a jury must in some way violate some priniciple that they should be upholding.
2006-09-05 09:03:23 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Good Luck cause it never worked for me. I have alot of medical problems and had to get a specialist to fax over a form to the Judge. Only one Judge let me do this, another Judge would not and just so happen my daughter was having to be homebound for her lupus and I had no one to watch her . So he let me out of it. It really is the Judges decision and if he is a cool person or not. So, Good Luck! Hope it works for you.
2006-09-05 07:03:06 · answer #3 · answered by smiley 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
So. in case you have been charged with against the regulation, you will possibly plead in charge because of the fact the decide and jury are no longer permitted by your "god" to decide you. Uh huh. tell the court that as quickly as you're arrested for against the regulation, you wil be chuffed to sit down down in reformatory, devoid of formal quotes, or an lawyer, or any rights in any respect, for as long because of the fact the law enforcement officials prefer to go away you there.
2016-09-30 09:03:05 · answer #4 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
They will make you go into the court and be called onto a panel the same as if you said nothing, but if you stick with that story of the Lawyers will probably toss you, but it will be a long way to get out of the process.
2006-09-05 07:09:03 · answer #5 · answered by jay5002 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Try it, and if they say no, try it again, if they still say no, move to mexico and change your name to Pablo Hortes Mismante Haltento Cortes De Mexico. That should work, but if it doesnt, suicide is the only other choice.
2006-09-05 07:05:46 · answer #6 · answered by chris 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
whats so bad about jury duty?
2006-09-05 07:04:14 · answer #7 · answered by Kara 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Depends on the judge, but likely it won't work.
2006-09-05 07:07:58 · answer #8 · answered by Usagi 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Sure, as long as you can find a religion that says and abides by that.
Good luck.
2006-09-05 07:03:26 · answer #9 · answered by Dr. Brian 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I don't think it will work but it is one of the excuses people have tried.
2006-09-05 07:11:42 · answer #10 · answered by icprofit6000 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
My wife just got jury duty.
I will let you know...
2006-09-05 07:07:39 · answer #11 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋