Some of those who did not respond belong to the Christian group known as Jehovah’s Witnesses, who believe that as Christians they should remain politically neutral, based on what the Holy Bible teaches about Christian neutrality in politics. The Daily Observer has reliably gathered that the more than 6,000 baptized Jehovah’s Witnesses in the country and some of their followers (those who have not been baptized, but attend services) – about 2,000 of them – did not vote in the national elections. The Witnesses also do not celebrate Christmas and Easter as other Christians do neither do they join the military, honor images that represent countries or donate blood. According to their website, www.jw.org, Jesus commanded his followers to commemorate his death, not his birth.—Luke 22:19, 20. It said Jesus’ Apostles and early disciples did not celebrate Christmas.

Source: Daily Observer December 27, 2017 02:15 UTC