by Atlantis 9 Replies latest jw friends
This is a little hard to believe. (2018 article)
This article must have slipped by me because I never heard of this before.
Atlantis, there is a thread somewhere on here about the incident. The "explosives" were WW2 artifacts/souvenirs. An unarmed grenade or something like that.
*Here it is:
https://www.jehovahs-witness.com/topic/5973706577805312/jw-detained-putins-russia-accused-extremism
OrphanCrow:
Thank you for the extra information. Your link helps to understand the circumstances that these were unarmed artifacts.
I knew something didn't sound right.
Many thanks!
Atlantis!
I call bullshit. The Russian government played this up to make Jehovah's Witnesses look crazier and more dangerous than they actually are.
john.prestor:
Yes, I see your point. Does sound like some sort of a "set-up" doesn't it? I think the Watchtower claimed "planting evidence" was involved.
Atlantis!
It sounds planted alright, Jehovah's Witnesses are pacifists, I can't see them owning guns much less hand grenades, come on. I don't know anything else about this except what I read in the articles you posted, but just on the face of it, I find it convenient and unbelievable. If the government didn't plant them they grabbed those World War II relics and knowingly played up their significance.
john.prestor, i know many jws that own guns in the midwest, its very common. But not grenades.
By default, I believe every word coming out of the mouth of Russian gov't or media to be a lie/BS/propaganda (given their track-record of permanent blatant lies on any subject).
The grenade/landmines were simply WW2 artifacts that somebody (a relative of the JW) had picked up and saved. No biggie. Not planted and not an issue. It was only made into an issue by the media. That is the purpose of media (regardless of who the media "belongs to") - propaganda. It happens on 'both sides'.
Fakes/propaganda really happen on 'all sides' - the only difference is that on the Russian gov't side it's a standard practice (close to 99% of lies), multiplied by a sky-rocket level of cynisicm and malice.
