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Members of the Christian sect say the destruction was motivated by a belief that the ancient Indigenous religion involved devil worship. The perpetrators claim that they were following the word of god by destroying the temple site.
The ancient religion of the Otomi people traditionally holds sacred various deities including earth, water, and fire, and reveres their gods with offerings.
According to anthropologists cited by the Mexican daily La Jornada, Mayonikha for the Otomi — whose territory spreads across central Mexico in at least eight modern-day states — is comparable in significance to Mecca for Muslims or the Vatican for Catholics.
It remains unclear when the Jehovah's Witnesses carried out the vandalism or how they gained access to the sacred site, protected by local Indigenous people with access only granted to worshippers.
originally posted by: DerBeobachter
a reply to: Spider879
JEHOVA... JEHOVA...
Sorry, but when i hear that name i have to think of that Monty Python movie!
originally posted by: Spider879Jehovah's Witnesses have fessed up to being behind the destruction of the stone altars, but have not taken responsibility for a hole that has reportedly been drilled in the base of a pyramid at the San Bartolo Tutotepec archeological site.
Locals say Jehovah's Witnesses are responsible for vandalizing the structure, but the group denies having anything to do with its destruction.
Gamaliel Camarillo, the Jehovah’s Witness spokesman in Mexico, said that “to the extent we have been able to investigate, we found this story to be false”.
“We know that if we want to be respected, we have to respect others,” Camarillo wrote. “People without prejudices who know the Jehovah’s Witnesses know that we don’t promote such acts.”
originally posted by: rickymouse
That kind of action is not permitted by the Jehovah witnesses...It is actually a very civil religion.
originally posted by: JohnnyCanuck
originally posted by: rickymouse
That kind of action is not permitted by the Jehovah witnesses...It is actually a very civil religion.
Well, they got rid of Christmas at my workplace...and that's not every civil. (kept the time off, though)