"East Siberian Truth" against "Jehovah's Witnesses"

On March 15, 2005, the Irkutsk newspaper Vostochno-Sibirskaya Pravda published Andrey Savchenko's article "Alien Blood" aimed at discrediting Jehovah's Witnesses.

The article describes the history of a family conflict in which parents cannot find a common language with their daughter "who has fallen into a sect" (meaning the Jehovah's Witnesses) and try to take away the daughter's grandson, who is brought up by the mother in accordance with her religious views, by contacting the newspaper.

It is alleged that the child is starving, that he is brought up aggressive, and so on.

Having crossed the middle of the article, the correspondent decided that "the time has come to tell readers what kind of organization this is - Jehovah's Witnesses", to get to know them better. To see what is hidden behind good-natured smiles, innocent walking around apartments, free distribution of magazines and Bibles . "

Ph.D. Further, referring to the reference book "Religions and Sects in Modern Russia" and Dmitry Evmenov's whose teaching contains instructions and has practices that can harm the personality and health of the adept, his family, as well as traditional national spirituality and state interests (in particular, the organization opposes the service of its members in the ranks of the Armed Forces)" . Further, the details of the biography of the founder of the doctrine, Charles Russell, are set out, leading the reader to the idea that such an "immoral type" could not "found something worthwhile" , and the details of his biography should have "repelled a morally healthy person from" society "" .

Recognizing the right of an adult and independent woman to arrange her own life, the author nevertheless expresses indignation at the fact that the prosecutor's office does not initiate a criminal case against Jehovah's Witnesses.

We will not comment on this article, which, like many similar materials about Jehovists, is written according to a standard scheme and with standard accusations. We only note that, firstly, the activation of anti-Jehovist publications cannot but be alarming, and secondly, to the credit of the Irkutsk readership, this material caused an immediate indignant reaction .

Sources

• Savchenko Andrey. Alien blood: Daughter left her parents for Jehovah's Witnesses. Grandson can still be saved // East Siberian truth. 2005. March 15.