In Associated Press today

by Gayle 16 Replies latest jw friends

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  Gayle

  http://bigstory.ap.org/article/d926d4a36d614dfe969eba2b632fb3ce/jehovahs-witnesses-could-get-1-billion-nyc-properties

  Hopefully, some JWs will read this, and question how the WT is getting all this money, and question where is it really going?
  
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  careful

  Thanks for the link. No real news though...
  
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  stuckinamovement

  This has got to be demoralizing to the bethelites and special pioneers who have gotten the boot.
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  Beth Sarim

  Good work. Thanks!!!!!
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  Barrold Bonds

  yeah i saw this show up in my twitter feed. Hopefully this will cause some to think about things.

  also, is the 1 billion just for the remaining properties or does that include all the stuff that's already been sold too like Furman st.
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  Sabin

  1 billion dollars, what the hell are they doing asking for more money from the rank & file? They must be stock piling it somewhere.
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  MidwichCuckoo

  Just commented on this on another thread - it is in The Daily Mail (UK newspaper) today..

  http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3358416/Jehovah-s-Witnesses-set-make-1billion-selling-iconic-New-York-City-Watchtower-headquarters.html
  
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  MidwichCuckoo

  If/when the rank and file get knowledge of this, they'll read something positive into it - they always do.
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  JWdaughter

  Hopefuly what they will all read is that the financial crisis is over and they don't need to donate for a few years since their donations over the last 50 years clearly were financially rewarded by Jehovah! Phew.
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  A.proclaimer

  The same article was posted on Yahoo, just read it. Actually, 1 billion is considered to be a conservative estimate, meaning it could be more than just that

  "The church has not announced an asking price but Tucker Reed, president of the Downtown Brooklyn Partnership, called $1 billion "a conservative estimate" for the Witnesses' real estate portfolio."