Chances are that Plilly cong bought that building many years/decades ago for peanuts. At a cool half million that gives the WTBT$ a fab chunk of tax-free dollar$$$
Posts by 3rdgen
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8Your very own Philly Kingdom Hall for only 500K !
by Balaamsass inneighborhood.
wedaug 82012home of jehovahs witness congregation could be your new homepost on end post on .entry-meta lew lew change here end lew change here last week, a reader tipped us off that this kingdom hall of jehovahs witnesses at 1235-37 federal st. was available for sale.. the building.
as opposed to numerous other religious buildings that have gone on the market recently, this building doesnt have any particularly compelling architectural or historical features that make it crucial that its appearance is maintained.
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guilty mate (need Blondie)
by scary21 injw always speak of the innocent mate is free to remarry.
how about this...jw man divorces his jw wife after a very very short period of time... (.wife is bummed ).. before his marriage to her.he had never been married and does not plan.
to ever marry again .
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If indeed the man was the moving party (Plaintiff) in the divorce she is probably free to remarry in WT land. However, If SHE filed first she is screwed.
The WT$ made this rule so that people who wanted a divorce for reasons other than adultry could not commit fornication or adultry(before or after the divorce) to FREE THEMSELVES to remarry. There was a WT article about this that called this plan to get out of marriage as "Dealing Treacherously with your mate."
I'm sorry I don't have a link for you.
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One smart householder!
by man oh man inyou might enjoy this lady's experience with a jw visit.
she is too nice but also more smart!.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9vgug6sbppy.
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Refriedtruth, You layed out the belief perfectly. I'm humiliated that I actually believed that sh!t!
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Has anyone heard of "Secret Disfellowshipping" by Jehovah's Witnesses? Menlo Park Ca. Congregation. Update.
by Balaamsass inno doubt everyone has been following the juan viejo postings regarding the watchtower kingdom hall "grab" on jwn for the last couple of years.
called the mrs and me to say "wow- you have to google this" we did...came here to jwn ...became members..and the rest is history.. in the last nine months i have been calling and emailing contacts in the silicon valley for verification on the societies theft and forced sale of the menlo park kingdom hall (near the new facebook heaquarters) because the story seemed...a little far fetched.
every reliable contact i made has confirmed what juan reported.
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3rdgen
Quendi, You have a reply.
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I'm back! Did you miss me? - YOSEMITE REVIEW
by 00DAD inmy wife, the hungarian goddess, and i just returned from a wonderful one week vacation in yosemite!
i've been many times as a child and young adult, but haven't been for 17 years or so.
it was the hungarian's first time.
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Hi 00Dad, Hint for the future: If you're going to leave us for a week the least you could do is say you were sick or something. A swell vacay like yours just makes petty folks like me jelous!
I thought back to the last time I was at Yosemite. It was 30 years ago and I was 7mos pregnant. About 60 JW's took 3 adjoining campsites. All happened to be very cool peeps and it turned out to be a blast. EXCEPT the potty situation was a bummer-especially in the middle of the night. I had to literally step over/on dozens of sleeping bodies to get to the restroom.LOL
Looking forward to those pics!
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New girl in town here for support
by joyfulfader inhi everyone here on jwn.
i admit to being a lurker for quite some time before joining and now i am ready to post and i want to introduce myself.
i am/was 3rd generation and daughter of the po (as it was termed at the time) for most of my life.
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3rdgen
Hi Joyfulfader, Welcome! You are right. You have already lived a TV mini-series. I'm so sorry for all your pain and loss. The way you were treated by the so-called brothers is inexcusable! It's obvious you have much more to say and I'm anxious to hear it all. I hope you find healing, peace, and love in your new life out of the WT$.
BTW, remember, 40 is the new 30.
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UK ex bethelite video
by snare&racket inused to know this guy, a good lad.
check out his videos, this one is about bethel life in uk.
snare.
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3rdgen
Hi S&R, Can you make that link so I can click it?
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Has anyone heard of "Secret Disfellowshipping" by Jehovah's Witnesses? Menlo Park Ca. Congregation. Update.
by Balaamsass inno doubt everyone has been following the juan viejo postings regarding the watchtower kingdom hall "grab" on jwn for the last couple of years.
called the mrs and me to say "wow- you have to google this" we did...came here to jwn ...became members..and the rest is history.. in the last nine months i have been calling and emailing contacts in the silicon valley for verification on the societies theft and forced sale of the menlo park kingdom hall (near the new facebook heaquarters) because the story seemed...a little far fetched.
every reliable contact i made has confirmed what juan reported.
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YES YES, Ripvanwinkle, Those Bros were dealt with trecherously! Not to mention the poor and elderly forced to travel a much longer distance to the KH.
Flipper, great post! More need to stand up to these WT$ cowards like you did. Unfortunately for the 3 from Menlo Park, the appeal committee is headed by an Elder with messy issues. It is bound to turn out bad for them. I just hope this mess wakes them up.
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DO THREE ELDER'S MEAN IT IS JUDICIAL?!?
by DATA-DOG ini have a friend who met with a couple of elders recently and i was told things went well, no issues.
well a couple weeks later they stopped by my friends place, ( just to say hi ) right before they left they said, " hey can we meet again?
my friend said, " sure ".
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Joyful fader, Where and when was this??? Your story is unusal if it happened in the last few years. Did you appeal?
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Has anyone heard of "Secret Disfellowshipping" by Jehovah's Witnesses? Menlo Park Ca. Congregation. Update.
by Balaamsass inno doubt everyone has been following the juan viejo postings regarding the watchtower kingdom hall "grab" on jwn for the last couple of years.
called the mrs and me to say "wow- you have to google this" we did...came here to jwn ...became members..and the rest is history.. in the last nine months i have been calling and emailing contacts in the silicon valley for verification on the societies theft and forced sale of the menlo park kingdom hall (near the new facebook heaquarters) because the story seemed...a little far fetched.
every reliable contact i made has confirmed what juan reported.
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RVW, I agree with your post. In this case, the WTS tried to force the Elders/officers of the Menlo Park congregation/corp. to take on the debt of a remodel loan they didn't want. Why didn't they want it? Because all they needed to do is clean the carpet and seats at a cost of a few hundred $.
The WT$ wanted them to take on a loan of about $40,000 for materials that they buy for pennys on the dollar. The proverbial $500.00 toilet seat that is not technically money laundering because it's already tax free. What it becomes is a COMPULSARY DONATION back to the society. THEN the WT$ becomes a leinholder on the title. Instead of the local congregation owning the hall, the WT$ takes title.
This land had appreciated to about 2,000.000.00 because it is smack dab in the middle of the Silicon Valley. There was NO WAY the WT$ was going to let some poor, mostly Black, cong keep that jucy property. In this case the remodel was simply an excuse to get control of the TITLE so they could sell it underneath them and pocket the profit. (also tax free)