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  Anybody interested in Judah Ben Schroeder? Here's two links. See if you can find who Judah works for. The info is in the first link.

  by AndersonsInfo in

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  http://theworldnewsmedia.org/charlotte+schroeder+%28may+9,1920+to+june+19,+2013%29.

  and here's how judah looks as seen in a recent video - especially posted for those who knew judah over the years.

  closet factory testimonial from judah schroeder.

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  http://theworldnewsmedia.org/Charlotte+Schroeder+%28May+9,1920+to+June+19,+2013%29

  And here's how Judah looks as seen in a recent video - especially posted for those who knew Judah over the years. Closet Factory Testimonial from Judah Schroeder

  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WjXW1O4BAiQ
  
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  Has anyone heard any Watchtower PR spin or censorship advisory announcement at the kingdom hall regarding the child abuse story on NPR?

  by Island Man in

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  i remember some years ago when barbara did an expose of the child abuse issue on one of the networks, watchtower used the elders to inform the congregations not to view the program that was to be aired.

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  after this recent expose on npr, has there been any official watchtower release read as an announcement at the kingdom hall?.

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  It wasn't the "radio" NPR report that reached as many millions, as did the PBS "TV" report. This segment on PBS is what people are talking about and will trickle down to the ears of JWs who did not watch it, especially by JWs who did watch PBS that evening and were totally shocked at the revelations and documental proof offered from the investigation.

  I cannot conceive of any JW, who saw the segment, not telling other JWs if only to get a reaction to such "horrible lies" and input as to whether it means that surely "we're shortly going to see Armageddon."

  Ted Jaracz believed that Armageddon had started when Dateline aired in 2002 and was thoroughly convinced of it. He died convinced that his beliefs were correct although Armageddon didn't start. Lesser ones in the Witness organization are quick to ignore the facts just like Jaracz did and hold onto their beliefs no matter what reason should tell them. A thought-provoking article just appeared in Scientific American about What It Takes to Change a Mind that maybe you might want to read.

  http://blogs.scientificamerican.com/cocktail-party-physics/2015/02/13/what-does-it-take-to-change-a-mind-a-phase-transition/?WT.mc_id=SA_Facebook

  Barbara

  
  
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  Time to criticize another religion: Islam

  by SonoftheTrinity in

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  please understand i have nothing against islam.

  i have something against alpha muslim men.. i was walking my cute little chihuahua mix in the park the other day when darts off sniffing since i am using a retractable extension leash and i am not minding the fact that he comes up on a muslim family and gets within a foot of them.

  the paterfamilias gives me a dirty look and then says something to his wife and i can make out the word "saif" which is arabic for "sword.

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  I just received the following link to a very long article on ISIS in the Atlantic journal. The person who sent me the article said, "The similarities between ISIS and the JWs is unreal and left me feeling very cold as I read through this."

  http://www.theatlantic.com/features/archive/2015/02/what-isis-really-wants/384980/

  The heading of the Atlantic article reads: "The Islamic State is no mere collection of psychopaths. It is a religious group with carefully considered beliefs, among them that it is a key agent of the coming apocalypse. Here’s what that means for its strategy—and for how to stop it."
  Barbara
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  Radio: John Hockenberry "The Take Away" - Jehovah's Witnesses Cover Up Child Sex Abuse

  by AndersonsInfo in

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  2. child-abuse

  http://www.thetakeaway.org/story/widespread-child-abuse-and-cover-among-jehovahs-witnesses/.

  jehovah's witnesses cover up child sex abuse.

  monday, february 16, 2015. the jehovah's witnesses have 8 million worshippers across the world.

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  Two more websites carrying the PBS story about JWs:

  http://jezebel.com/jehovahs-witness-leaders-accused-of-covering-up-child-s-1686366281

  http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2015/02/18/jehovahs-witness-child-sex-abuse_n_6705852.html
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  National Public Radio (NPR) broadcasts today about JWs. Do you want to hear the secrets of what this religion has been keeping under wraps?

  by AndersonsInfo in

  1. watchtower
  2. scandals

  to all those who frequent this discussion board:.

  we just wanted you to know that an investigative public radio program named reveal, produced by cir (center for investigative reporting) and prx, will present today, saturday, february 14th, the results of new investigations uncovering hidden stories.

  in this weeks story, there will be three different topics covered.

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  Two more websites carrying the PBS story about JWs:

  http://jezebel.com/jehovahs-witness-leaders-accused-of-covering-up-child-s-1686366281

  http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2015/02/18/jehovahs-witness-child-sex-abuse_n_6705852.html
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  If you would like to send Investigative Reporter, Trey Bundy, a message, contact him at his FB page

  by AndersonsInfo in

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  https://www.facebook.com/treybundy

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  https://www.facebook.com/TreyBundy
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  Article - Pougkeepsie Journal: JWs eye buying site for church complex

  by AndersonsInfo in

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  jehovah's witnesses eye buying site for church complex.

  craig wolf, poughkeepsie journal 9:35 p.m. est february 16, 2015. .

  rivercrest apartments in the town of fishkill is owned by jehovahs witnesses, who are negotiating to buy adjacent property, the town supervisor says.

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  Jehovah's Witnesses eye buying site for church complex

  Craig Wolf, Poughkeepsie Journal 9:35 p.m. EST February 16, 2015

  

  Rivercrest Apartments in the Town of Fishkill is owned by Jehovah’s Witnesses, who are negotiating to buy adjacent property, the town supervisor says.(Photo: Craig Wolf/Poughkeepsie Journal file)

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  FISHKILL – The Jehovah's Witnesses church envisions a working church complex adjacent to the apartment development that the organization recently bought in the Town of Fishkill, the town supervisor says. The move could result in hundreds of thousands of dollars in lost tax revenue for the town and the Beacon City School District.

  The potential exists for the group to claim a religious exemption from property taxes on both, though it would be at least a year before either claim would be likely to come up.

  Supervisor Bob LaColla did not know whether the church had yet succeeded in negotiations to buy the adjacent industrial property. LaColla estimated that if both parcels were eventually deemed eligible for tax exemption, it could cost the town $100,000 a year in lost revenue and cost the Beacon school district about $800,000 a year.

  LaColla said officials from the church group laid out a scenario for what they plan to do in the town. As reported in the Poughkeepsie Journal Dec. 23, the Watchtower bought the 250-unit Rivercrest Luxury Apartments for $57 million, according to deed records at the Dutchess County Clerk's Office.

  Beyond that, LaColla said the Witnesses spoke of erecting an assembly hall, a video production studio and three office buildings on land owned by Chelsea Waterfront Development LLC land. It covers more than 57 acres in two parcels overlooking the Hudson River.

  The apartment sale was from Rivercrest Development LLC, based in Yonkers, to Watchtower Bible and Tract Society of New York, Inc. Watchtower is better known as Jehovah's Witnesses.

  LaColla said the Witnesses are also negotiating for the industrial site just north of the Rivercrest Apartments, one formerly known as Circle M, after a wood-treating company that operated there. It is currently shown in property records as owned by Chelsea Waterfront Development LLC, an entity managed by the same person, Allan V. Rose, who managed Rivercrest Development.

  There was no reply Monday from Rose's office in Yonkers. A secretary for Jehovah's Witnesses said the inquiry would be passed along to higher-ups, but no reply was received.

  Beacon schools were closed Monday and officials did not reply to inquiries.

  An $800,000 loss would be about 1.2 percent of the current Beacon school budget, or about 2.3 percent of its tax levy.

  One Rivercrest resident, Don Beverley, who is a retired school administrator from Putnam County, said such a hit to the tax base would be significant. "The district needs to plan for this, too, if they are going to lose all that taxes," he said.

  For himself, he's looking around. But high-end complexes like Rivercrest are few in the region, he said. He's even considering moving out of state.

  "I'm a lifelong New Yorker. It's hard to think that I'll have Pennsylvania plates on my car," Beverley said.

  As working church properties used for religious purposes, the proposed complex would presumably be eligible under state laws for exemption from property tax, LaColla said. Properties used for religious purposes generally are exempt.

  LaColla had some doubt about whether the apartment complex could qualify for the tax break. "As a housing facility, I don't know that they can reach that," he said.

  Applications for exemption are due by March 1, but since most of the apartments are still rented commercially, Watchtower would apparently not be able to make the claim, LaColla said. "They couldn't say that the housing is just for those who are going to be working there," he said.

  However, tenants of the complex who have learned that Watchtower is not renewing leases that have come up say the plan is to move Jehovah's Witnesses into the units as they are emptied. And, in the Rockland County Village of Suffern, Watchtower bought an apartment building and eventually was successful in taking it off the tax rolls.

  The Rivercrest complex, among the most pricey and luxurious rental sites in southern Dutchess, was the upper end of complexes in the town, LaColla said. The assessor listed its full market value at $33 million.

  The Chelsea Waterfront old industrial site is valued at $1 million. It is subject to a permanent easement favoring the state Department of Environmental Conservation, which oversees contamination mitigation work at the site. LaColla said some of that work had already been done.

  Craig Wolf: 845-437-4815; cwolf@poughkeepsiejournal
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  National Public Radio (NPR) broadcasts today about JWs. Do you want to hear the secrets of what this religion has been keeping under wraps?

  by AndersonsInfo in

  1. watchtower
  2. scandals

  to all those who frequent this discussion board:.

  we just wanted you to know that an investigative public radio program named reveal, produced by cir (center for investigative reporting) and prx, will present today, saturday, february 14th, the results of new investigations uncovering hidden stories.

  in this weeks story, there will be three different topics covered.

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  http://audio.californiareport.org/archive/R201502160850/b

  Full AUDIO episode for Mon, Feb 16, 2015

  Leaders of Jehovah's Witnesses Keep Lid on Child Sex Abuse Claims Download audio (MP3) The Center for Investigative Reporting's new radio program "Reveal" has unearthed a dark side to the Jehovah's Witnesses, which has about 8 million members worldwide. We talk with Reveal reporter Trey Bundy. His story focuses on a man named Jonathan Kendrick, who remained an active member of congregations in two Bay Area cities despite the fact that the organization's leaders knew about his past act of sexual abuse. The organization remained silent when those acts continued. Reporter: Trey Bundy - See more at:

  http://audio.californiareport.org/archive/R201502160850/b#sthash.rj9QzQWt.dpuf
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  Radio: John Hockenberry "The Take Away" - Jehovah's Witnesses Cover Up Child Sex Abuse

  by AndersonsInfo in

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  2. child-abuse

  http://www.thetakeaway.org/story/widespread-child-abuse-and-cover-among-jehovahs-witnesses/.

  jehovah's witnesses cover up child sex abuse.

  monday, february 16, 2015. the jehovah's witnesses have 8 million worshippers across the world.

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  http://audio.californiareport.org/archive/R201502160850/b

  Full AUDIO episode for Mon, Feb 16, 2015

  Leaders of Jehovah's Witnesses Keep Lid on Child Sex Abuse Claims Download audio (MP3) The Center for Investigative Reporting's new radio program "Reveal" has unearthed a dark side to the Jehovah's Witnesses, which has about 8 million members worldwide. We talk with Reveal reporter Trey Bundy. His story focuses on a man named Jonathan Kendrick, who remained an active member of congregations in two Bay Area cities despite the fact that the organization's leaders knew about his past act of sexual abuse. The organization remained silent when those acts continued. Reporter: Trey Bundy - See more at:

  http://audio.californiareport.org/archive/R201502160850/b#sthash.rj9QzQWt.dpuf
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  IMPORTANT: Please note on your calender that on MONDAY, Feb. 16th, there will be a segment on a TV NEWS PROGRAM discussing JWs

  by AndersonsInfo in

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  2. scandals

  on monday evening, feb. 16th, on the pbs newshour, there will be a segment discussing jehovah's witnesses.

  generally, the newshour airs at 6 p.m. in different time zones across the united states..

  please don't miss it.

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  http://audio.californiareport.org/archive/R201502160850/b

  Full AUDIO episode for Mon, Feb 16, 2015

  Leaders of Jehovah's Witnesses Keep Lid on Child Sex Abuse Claims Download audio (MP3) The Center for Investigative Reporting's new radio program "Reveal" has unearthed a dark side to the Jehovah's Witnesses, which has about 8 million members worldwide. We talk with Reveal reporter Trey Bundy. His story focuses on a man named Jonathan Kendrick, who remained an active member of congregations in two Bay Area cities despite the fact that the organization's leaders knew about his past act of sexual abuse. The organization remained silent when those acts continued. Reporter: Trey Bundy - See more at:

  http://audio.californiareport.org/archive/R201502160850/b#sthash.rj9QzQWt.dpuf