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  $345 million - Kushner purchases 85 Jay St

  by OrphanCrow in

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  jared kushner closes on another dumbo heights property.

  jared kushner has another jehovah’s witnesses site in his company’s development pocket.on tuesday, the former kushner companies (now called simply “kushner”), along with asher abehsera’s livwrk and the cim group, closed on a $345 million purchase of 85 jay st. in the same dumbo neighborhood as the jehovah’s witnesses’ watchtower real estate.bob knakal acted as a consultant to watchtower’s in-house group.now a parking lot, the full block can host an as-of-right 1.1-million- square-foot mixed-use development.“this site has tremendous upside, and we’re looking forward to developing a project that will further enhance the area and help strengthen connections between the dumbo heights campus and the waterfront,” said laurent morali, president of kushner..

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  stuckinarut2

  Well said Finkelstein!
  Yes, the society will STILL continually push for more donations from every cong and circuit around the world!
  
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  Draining your smartphone - JW app hits top 10

  by OrphanCrow in

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  avast unveils top ten apps draining your android phone.

  jehovah’s witness: this official app produced by jehovah’s witnesses was the heaviest user of smartphone storage.

  it allows users to download their bible (in all languages) and browse a library of video tutorials and introductions in high-resolution.

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  stuckinarut2

  Haha Stealth! Yup, and it also searches your history to see what non-approved sites you have been visiting too, and reports to the local elders....
  
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  Is it morally wrong to put Watchtower behind?

  by Darkknight757 in

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  with our latest and final run in with the elders, the wife and i had a very long talk about what's next in our life.

  do we try to help others see the light as it were concerning watchtower or do we just let it go and move on with our life?

  we have made it perfectly clear that we will never go back to watchtower and we are finally happy.

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  stuckinarut2

  As has well been said by many here on the forum over the years:

  "THE BEST REVENGE IS TO LIVE A HAPPY AND SUCCESSFUL LIFE"
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  The WTBTS exposes itself about shunning!

  by The Searcher in

  1. watchtower
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  "does religious conversion dishonor family traditions or customs?

  this need not be the case.

  the bible encourages respect for all, regardless of their religion.

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  stuckinarut2

  disgusting hypocrisy!
  
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  FYI, Trump's pick for U. S. Army Secretary is Vincent Viola. What's Viola's connection with the Watchtower?

  by AndersonsInfo in

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  http://therealdeal.com/2016/12/19/trump-taps-virtu-ceo-brooklyn-real-estate-investor-vincent-viola-for-army-secretary/.

  the jehovah’s witnesses’ building at 124 columbia heights (credit: getty images) and vincent viola.

  "president-elect donald trump nominated virtu financial ceo — and recent brooklyn real estate investor — vincent viola for secretary of the u.s. army on monday.. "a 1977 west point graduate, viola served with the 101st airborne division at fort campbell, kentucky.

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  stuckinarut2

  It is just prime real estate in an up and coming area. It is no wonder that savvy business people are buying it up....

  I wouldn't read too much more into it than that.
  
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  The Great Watchtower Guilt Trip

  by pale.emperor in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  as im sure almost all of us on here are ex-jw, we all know first hand how well the watchtower used the power of guilt to manipulate our thoughts and actions for the entire time we were active witnesses.

  guilty for not going on the ministry enough.. guilty for not trying harder while on the ministry.. guilty for not turning up for hall cleaning that time.. guilty for saying a swearword.. guilty for looking at a porno mag.. guilty for masturbating through my teens (i thought i was the only one who did!).

  guilty for thinking the gb is wrong on a certain thing.. guilty for touching my girlfriend there... even though we've been dating for 3 freakin years and not had sex (thats not natural imo).. guilty for not following along in the watchtower magazine on sunday.. guilty for not studying.. guilty for nodding off during the 8 hour convention.. guilty for my mind wandering during the talks.. guilty for thinking of sister so-and-so.. the list goes on.

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  stuckinarut2

  Well said!

  Great thread.

  It is not until we learn to let go of the FOG that we really start to HONESTLY live.
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  Brooklyn Brothers Signworks... WUT?

  by schnell in

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  the ad for this site came up here on jwn.

  http://www.brooklynsignworks.com/jw/?gclid=cp7ppbzr_tacfy-baqodwocm1a.

  i was not aware that these cart signs were being made and sold by essentially a private company or proprietorship.

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  stuckinarut2

  So we were told locally that ONLY approved witnesses could do the cart-work.

  Also, they MUST use the OFFICIAL carts the Kingdom hall owns.

  So, if anyone else was to obtain their own cart and go out, I could guarantee they would be in serious trouble...(locally at least that's how it is)
  
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  New member

  by NinaCee in

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  i did not see a newbs thread to introduce myself, so my apologies if i'm in the wrong place.

  i was a 3rd generation born in witness for 30 years until i was disfellowshipped back in 2007 for making a mistake.

  my entire life up until that point was based on and circled around the society, and even though at first i really enjoyed my freedom (i still do), the fact is that i'm still struggling with cognitive dissonance, resentment, and loneliness.. i miss my family all the time.

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  stuckinarut2

  Welcome.

  This is a great community with supportive people.

  We have all travelled similar paths, and yet we all allow ourselves to be individuals with our own ideas.

  Life is not like the society presents it to be. It is not all clear-cut and easily understood. Some things take time and some things we will never fully know... and that is OK and a part of life.

  We look forward to you input here!
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  The Noblest Hope?

  by JW_Rogue in

  1. watchtower
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  from this week's wt study:.

  all of us, whether of the anointed or of the “other sheep,” hope to see the fulfillment of god’s original purpose and the sanctification of jehovah’s name.

  (john 10:16; matt.

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  stuckinarut2

  Great comments!

  Yes, how is it OK to anxiously look forward to mass genocide?

  People who desire such are usually called psychopaths.....
  
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  Another "pull the football away just before you can kick it" comment made by Circuit Assembly's special guest, Thomas Chicky

  by sir82 in

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  i started a thread on this guy's comments about building kingdom halls here.. the guy also said this (again, not a word for word quote, but the gist of his comments):.

  "the primary hope of salvation is the resurrection.

  jehovah does not promise anyone that he will survive armageddon.

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  stuckinarut2

  And yet sadly very few if any will actually find any problem with that statement!

  It doesn't matter what they say or teach, it does not change the mindless adherence to the GB and all the society says.....