J.W.'s Interfaith Hypocrisy

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  The Searcher

  w02 10/15 p. 27 Questions From Readers - "Would it be a form of interfaith to purchase a building from another religious group and convert it into a Kingdom Hall?

  "Generally, Jehovah’s Witnesses avoid such dealings with other religions."

  Except when cash clarifies their thinking!

  I'll bet Witnesses in New Zealand were rolling on the floor laughing at this "spiritual" food from the G.B./FDS, after they discovered their Branch Office was sold off to "Babylon the Great."

  See Star Trek Angel's post on "Interfaith" for very recent J.W. interfaith "adultery." "https://www.jehovahs-witness.com/topic/5677294301478912/interfaith-relations

  Things really stink in JW-Land!! :)
  
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  darkspilver

  Hey The Search!

  Let's have a read of the complete thing, along with the additional footnote reference, just sayin'!

  BTW, how's the search going?
  

  Watchtower 15 October 2002, page 27
  

  Questions From Readers: Would it be a form of interfaith to purchase a building from another religious group and convert it into a Kingdom Hall?
  

  Generally, Jehovah’s Witnesses avoid such dealings with other religions. Still, such a transaction may not constitute an act of interfaith. It may simply be viewed as a one-time business deal. The local congregation of Jehovah’s Witnesses is not collaborating with another religious group to build a place of worship to be used by both parties.

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  [Footnote] See The Watchtower, April 15, 1999, pages 28 and 29, for information on the appropriateness of business dealings with organizations that are disapproved by Jehovah.

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  Iown Mylife

  It depends on what gibberish is being spewed by the GB at the time.
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  Splash

  Flip flop alert...

  OK TO RE-USE RELIGIOUS BUILDINGS FOR K.HALLS?

  YES: -- w02 10/15 p. 27 Questions From Readers
  Would it be a form of interfaith to purchase a building from another religious group and convert it into a Kingdom Hall?
  [Picture on page 27] This building, which was a synagogue, was purchased and renovated into a Kingdom Hall

  NO: -- w99 3/15 p. 24 Building on Pagan Foundation
  AMONG the many impressive monuments that are visited by tourists to Rome, Italy, is the Pantheon. The Pantheon was originally a pagan temple, a "place for all gods," which is the meaning of the original Greek word. Today, it is still considered a Roman Catholic church.
  It ought to be obvious, however, that changing the dedication of a temple or the name of a celebration is not sufficient to transform the 'worship of devils into the service of the true God.' "What agreement does God's temple have with idols?" asked the apostle Paul. "'Get out from among them, and separate yourselves,' says Jehovah, 'and quit touching the unclean thing'

  YES: -- g96 9/8 p. 31 Why the Chapels Are Closing
  The list serves as an epitome of the collapse of religion's influence, not only in Wales but in many parts of Europe. Sixty-eight chapels were listed as "now demolished." One that was not listed, in Penygraig, was converted many years ago into a Kingdom Hall of Jehovah's Witnesses for the flourishing Rhondda Congregation.
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  Mephis

  One that was not listed, in Penygraig, was converted many years ago into a Kingdom Hall of Jehovah's Witnesses for the flourishing Rhondda Congregation.

  Holywell congregation, also in Wales, has (had?) a converted chapel too. Purchased in the late 80s or early 90s I believe. Amusingly, considering the pagan foundations quote, that congregation wanted to retain elements of the chapel's interior decoration but were ordered to have a suspended ceiling so that the gold Hebrew lettering of YHWH couldn't be seen. Wonder if it's still there or if they've whitewashed that wall since.

  Oh, found a listing for the historic chapel Holywell congregation has: http://www.coflein.gov.uk/en/site/8168/details/tabernacle-calvinistic-methodist-chapeljehovahs-witnesses-bagillt
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  darkspilver

  Watchtower 15 March 1999, pages 24 and 25
  

  Building on Pagan Foundations

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  In a letter to a missionary bound for pagan Britain in 601 C.E., Gregory gave this direction: “The temples of the idols in the said country ought not to be broken; but the idols alone which be in them . . . If the said temples be well built, it is needful that they be altered from the worshipping of devils into the service of the true God.” Gregory’s idea was that if pagan peoples saw their former temples unspoiled, they might be more inclined to continue frequenting them. Whereas pagans used “to kill many oxen in sacrifice to the devils,” wrote the pope, it was now hoped that “they no more sacrifice animals to the devil but kill them to the refreshing of themselves to the praise of God.”

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  darkspilver

  The original Brooklyn Tabernacle, Hicks Street, Brooklyn, New York

  Proclaimers Book, Chapter 5, page 59

  
  n 1908, therefore, several representatives of the Watch Tower Society, including its legal counsel, Joseph F. Rutherford, were sent to New York City. Their objective? To secure property that C. T. Russell had located on an earlier trip. They purchased the old “Plymouth Bethel,” located at 13-17 Hicks Street, Brooklyn. It had served as a mission structure for the nearby Plymouth Congregational Church, where Henry Ward Beecher once served as pastor. The Society’s representatives also purchased Beecher’s former residence, a four-story brownstone at 124 Columbia Heights, a few blocks away

  The original London Tabernacle, Craven Terrace, Lancaster Gate, London

  Yearbook 1973, pages 95-96

  
  Notwithstanding the mounting financial burden on the Society, in March 1911 it was deemed necessary to move into larger branch quarters in London, so the Society took over a property at 36 Craven Terrace, Lancaster Gate, London W. This had a meeting hall large enough to accommodate the growing number of believers in the London area. Formerly known as the Craven Hill Congregational Chapel, the premises were renamed London Tabernacle. It had a large gallery seating almost as many as the ground floor—in all, nearly twelve hundred.
  

  The new Britain Bethel, Ship Road, Chelmsford, Essex

  Temple Farm
  
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  Mephis

  Temple Farm most likely derives from the Hanningfield Temple Manor, which was land once owned by the Knights Templar. I'm not sure that really counts.

  (History of Temple Farm: http://planning.chelmsford.gov.uk/Planning/StreamDocPage/obj?DocNo=5405301&content=obj.pdf )
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  My Name is of No Consequence

  We sold our old kingdom hall to a church 20 years ago and built a new one right across the street.
  
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  darkspilver

  Mephis

  
  

  Temple Farm most likely derives from the Hanningfield Temple Manor, which was land once owned by the Knights Templar. I'm not sure that really counts.

  haha, yeah, thought I'd just throw that one in.....
  

  
  http://www.knight-templar.org.uk/