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  JWs sell 124 Columbia Heights to Florida Panthers owner

  by betterdaze in

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  jehovah's witnesses sell 124 columbia heights to florida panthers owner vincent violavirtu ceo vincent viola pays $105m for jehovah’s witnesses building in bk heights.

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  Dreamerdude

  The WT has this to say about it on their website, including some interesting history. Lincoln slept here. He did a lot of sleeping around.

  On Tuesday, April 26, 2016, Jehovah’s Witnesses closed on the sale of 124 Columbia Heights in Brooklyn, New York. The over 152,000-square-foot (14,121 sq m) residential property, with its iconic watchtower atop the roof, is situated at the north entrance of the Brooklyn Heights Promenade. The property was listed in December 2015, and after a competitive bidding process, a first-time buyer for one of the Witnesses’ properties was selected.

  
  

  The original four-story brownstone at 124 Columbia Heights was the home of Henry Ward Beecher, the renowned abolitionist and pastor of Plymouth Church, from 1856 to 1881. The New York Times reported on the property’s historical significance, stating that “it was in this house that President Lincoln is said to have visited Mr. Beecher shortly before the signing of the Emancipation Proclamation.” In May 1909, the Witnesses purchased the brownstone and subsequently obtained several adjoining properties to create the ten-story building that spans an entire city block today.

  A spokesman for Jehovah’s Witnesses, Richard Devine, comments: “We consider 124 Columbia Heights to be one of our organization’s legacy buildings. As far back as 1909, it has primarily served as living quarters for our world headquarters staff. From 1929 to 1957, with the exception of four years, 124 Columbia Heights also housed our former radio station, WBBR, which aired Bible lectures and related broadcasts.”

  Although the Witnesses have been a part of the Brooklyn Heights community for over 100 years, the original headquarters of their legal entity Watch Tower Bible and Tract Society was established in the 1880s in Allegheny (now part of Pittsburgh), Pennsylvania. David A. Semonian, a spokesman at the Witnesses’ world headquarters, notes: “The move in 1909 to a port city like Brooklyn was crucial at that time for the expansion and acceleration of our global Bible education work.”

  The sale of 124 Columbia Heights marks the latest step in the Witnesses’ relocation of their headquarters offices to their nearly 50-acre complex soon to be completed in Warwick, New York. Mr. Semonian adds: “The move to our new custom-built facility upstate is exactly what we need now. Brooklyn was our home for more than a century, and Warwick will be our home for a new era in our history.”
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  “Quiverfull” Cult Plans Arranged Marriage Camp For Teens:"

  by glenster in

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  "“quiverfull” cult plans arranged marriage camp for teens:" by the young turks https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uar15gyfzmk.

  population and demography.

  according to journalist kathryn joyce, writing in the magazine the nation:"[t]he quiverfull mission is rooted in faith, the unseen, its mandate to befruitful and multiply," even if it "has tangible results as well.

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  Visit, yes they are getting more desperate. An example in point are the next two WT study articles prodding children to get baptized. The Mormoms have been clever to encourage maximum breeding to entrap children in their cult.
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  JWTV May Broadcast is up. hosted by an old burnt hot dog

  by Dreamerdude in

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  what's up with jw parents taking their minor children to such desolate places?

  like the english family that took their little kids to the jungles of ecuador, and the australians that took their little ones to norfolk island where hardly anyone lives, and they are the only children in a congregation of 11 publishers?

  is this a new form of child abuse?

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  JWTV May Broadcast is up. hosted by an old burnt hot dog

  by Dreamerdude in

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  what's up with jw parents taking their minor children to such desolate places?

  like the english family that took their little kids to the jungles of ecuador, and the australians that took their little ones to norfolk island where hardly anyone lives, and they are the only children in a congregation of 11 publishers?

  is this a new form of child abuse?

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  May 2, 2016 Re: Entrance Time at Regional Conventions

  by wifibandit in

  1. watchtower
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  may 2, 2016 to all congregations in the united states branch territory re: entrance time at regional conventions.

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  It's only fair that older ones can now be the first to reserve rows of seats, since they are more likely to donate. I prefer the free seats near the exit.
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  RC 2016 Leaks & Releases

  by wifibandit in

  1. watchtower
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  in an effort to reduce the number of posts, this year i will try to add links to this post.

  now, on with the leaks & releases!

  first up.... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0nzvwhflss4.

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  There are clear guidelines about how much stuff we should take to our downsized apartment. A couple that keeps their eye simple should be able to fit all of their belongings into a single car and a small trailer.

  if they can fit it all into a shopping cart, they will get extra praise.
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  JWTV May Broadcast is up. hosted by an old burnt hot dog

  by Dreamerdude in

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  what's up with jw parents taking their minor children to such desolate places?

  like the english family that took their little kids to the jungles of ecuador, and the australians that took their little ones to norfolk island where hardly anyone lives, and they are the only children in a congregation of 11 publishers?

  is this a new form of child abuse?

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  Fulano, I think it might be fun for couples without kids to spend a couple weeks of Winters away from Europe and North America on the beaches of the Dominican Republic, then go back in the summers to brag about it and get some gifts to help them spend more time near the beach.

  It also seems like a good gig for single American and German women who go to Ghana. They can make some mighty fine catches among young men there. In the July study WT they advertise how Christina from Germany was able to snag a local brother named Gideon and Stephanie from the US was able to get Aaron.

  
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  RC 2016 Leaks & Releases

  by wifibandit in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  in an effort to reduce the number of posts, this year i will try to add links to this post.

  now, on with the leaks & releases!

  first up.... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0nzvwhflss4.

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  Wifi, thanks for the preview of things to come. In this video it sounds like they are trying to scare folks with the sounds of the GT. But that could easily have been a mass protest incited by a foolish move by WT.
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  JWTV May Broadcast is up. hosted by an old burnt hot dog

  by Dreamerdude in

  1. watchtower
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  what's up with jw parents taking their minor children to such desolate places?

  like the english family that took their little kids to the jungles of ecuador, and the australians that took their little ones to norfolk island where hardly anyone lives, and they are the only children in a congregation of 11 publishers?

  is this a new form of child abuse?

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  Compound complex, the drive to always do more for WT that you describe sounds like a drug addiction. I have seen many burn out from it.

  I am glad you were able to take something positive away from it, like getting to know the Carribean culture. I'm also glad you were using the baby buggy to haul sound equipment, rather than getting a child involved in that insanity.

  its probably better than risking an OD on heroine.
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  JWTV May Broadcast is up. hosted by an old burnt hot dog

  by Dreamerdude in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  what's up with jw parents taking their minor children to such desolate places?

  like the english family that took their little kids to the jungles of ecuador, and the australians that took their little ones to norfolk island where hardly anyone lives, and they are the only children in a congregation of 11 publishers?

  is this a new form of child abuse?

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  Freemindfade, good point. Some could pioneer as a cover to live in a great surfing spot. Or live near the Andes or Himalayas if they like mountain climbing. Or study the wildlife in the jungles, while taking to the locals. Maybe go to learn Thai cooking.