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“Ban on Jehovah’s Witnesses is a counterproductive approach”

Published: 13 July, 2009, 15:10
Edited: 06 October, 2010, 12:38

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There are at least tens of thousands of Jehovah’s Witnesses in Russia and, if banned, they will go into hiding and it will be a source of conflict, says Andrey Zolotov from magazine Russia Profile.

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David Auburn November 25, 2011, 23:31
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I actually find the reporting here in this video clip funny. RT just made itself look STUPID. Because you so overtly lied and falsely reported that the people in this video are Jehovah's Witnesses, you have made it easier for even the real JW haters to ignore anything you publish and discount it as simply FALSE. Thank you for being soooooooooooooooooooooo very EXAGGERATED in your reporting!! I need not say any more.

Alex (unregistered) November 10, 2011, 04:24
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The reason why JWs are not liked is because they push themselves at people to proselytise.  I am Orthodox, but I don't believe in pushing my ideas on people if they don't want to hear them.  Even if they are receptive to my ideas, if they are not ready for them, it can be dangerous.  JWs are dogmatic and I personally consider acceptance of their ideas dangerous.  If they agree to talk to me like normal people and not proselytise, then I have no problem, but if they want to convert me all the time, then I am going to get upset, because they can't accept that I am not interested.  The latter they do all the time, and I don't like it - it is form of extremism.  Incidentally, I don't watch the football.

crystal (unregistered) August 24, 2011, 22:37
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nothing in this video has anything to do with jehovahs wittnesses but just like in ww2 this false propaganda only encourages hate and is everything that they work so hard against. If there were more jehovahs wittnesses this world would be a better place and these hypocrites need to take a close look at themselfs and lets see how many bible principals they apply in there own lives??