Are we really vandalyzing pagan temples?

[Jimbob]

http://www.telesurtv.net/english/news/Jehovahs-Witnesses-Destroy-Ancient-Indigenous-Temple-in-Mexico-20160628-0009.html

Is this for real? I can't really believe the organization has actually "fessed up" to vandalizing an ancient temple/heritage site. Seems like something someone would have done and claimed they were Witnesses in order to give us some bad press.

Sorry if this has been covered -- I did a quick search to see if there's already been discussion of this here and didn't find anything -- but I'm kind of in a hurry right now, so don't have time to search more.

[carlos]

Obviously not. 

 

You may want to have a look at this thread from some days ago for a more accurate report:

http://jwtalk.net/forums/topic/26918-jws-accused-of-damaging-ancient-temple/

 

[Jimbob]

Thank you for the link. I didn't believe it was real but I've seen the story on a couple of sites.

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[Miss Bea]

This is just goofy. Probably a few apostates doing evil. 

[Tortuga]

1 hour ago, Miss Bea said:

This is just goofy. Probably a few apostates doing evil. 

..or over zealous Bible students that didn't realize that we don't destroy pagan temples anymore...

[carlos]

When I heard the news, I thought they could be either:

 

- Non-Witnesses who identified as Witnesses to malign us or for any other reason.

- Bible students with much zeal and lack of accurate knowledge.

- Some Witnesses who had gone nuts.

 

Since he branch researched and said no one knew them in any of the congregations in the area, I tend to believe they had nothing to do with JWs.