This may be a question that has been answered millions of times but I've seen it in alot of posts lately.
Why don't the KH have WINDOWS? What is their bible-based answer for this one?
by Sweetp0985 25 Replies latest jw friends
This may be a question that has been answered millions of times but I've seen it in alot of posts lately.
Why don't the KH have WINDOWS? What is their bible-based answer for this one?
No biblical reason. Just for financial reasons.
I've been in KH's with windows.. everyone I went to in Australia had one.
Maybe it's just a US regulation then...hmmmm
It's half and half in this area, re KHs with or w/o windows.
There is no rule against windows based on the Bible; it is based on 1) insurance purposes in dangerous neighborhoods 2) it costs less to build w/o windows (easier to frame and no windows to buy).
Blondie
The KH where I grew up in Florida had windows. And I know that the one here has windows. There's a 'for sale' sign in the lawn, if anyone is interested.
Don't want any of that "light from the outside" filtering in, eh?
Like blondie says, from what I've been told (in the course of working on more than a few quick-builds), it's primarily a security issue; also why KHs typically don't have mail-slots. One KH in our area was trashed when some vandals took a garden hose, put it in through a mail-slot, and turned the water on full blast. Another KH (one that I helped build, and attended for several years) was burned down when vandals broke a window and fire-bombed it...in the re-build, no windows. Over the years, a few others were burglarized by breaking in through windows...and why the Accounts servant is never supposed to let money stay in the contribution boxes overnight.
I know of an account servant stealing some of the WWW money. BAD account server.
I guess it just depends on the area, but here in LA I've never been to a KH that had windows and I've been to quite a few.
All KH,s in my area have windows.