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how much money they`re making off of "Real Estate" JWs have Paid For with Donations...
Okkaayyyy, dear Sher'f (again, peace to you, dear one!)??
There's GOT to be some law against that. Well, there should be. There IS, scripturally-speaking (
Leviticus 6:4; Jeremiah 22:17; Ezekiel 22:12). And there certainly is, spiritually-speaking (
Revelation 22:15). I don't think there's any secular law against it, though; rather, I think the Constitutional right to "freedom of religion," literally ALLOWS this kind of thing to occur. I mean, so long as people WANT to give their money to a false god... or other people acting as spokespersons for such, well...
AND... since the WTBTS is a 501(c)(3) non-profit... they don't pay taxes on ANY of it: on the donations received, on the real estate purchased... OR on the sales proceeds/capital gains from any real estate they SELL. Nope, just make money... without lifting a finger and completely untaxed... had over fist.
Ohhh, this makes me sick to my stomach. If anyone believes these folks (behind the "business" of the WTBTS) are anything but atheists, they are truly fooling themselves. Only someone who believes there is NO God... and thus, NO recompense at ALL for this kind of melarkey would be a knowing part of it. And I have NO doubt they know:
"Foolish?? They're stupid fools, those so-called believers in (a) God! They're too STUPID to trust with their own money. So, let's take the idiots for all they have and will give us! Who can/will stop us? God?? There IS NO God!"That, dear ones, is the ONLY way someone can do these things and not have an inkling of bad conscience about it. Which they don't. And they're not limited to the WTBTS.
Ah, well... "If anyone is meant for captivity, he will go into captivity." I guess if anyone is meant to be played for a fool... s/he will be played for a fool. I just wish it wasn't such... well-meaning... people, y'know?
Too bad... too bad...
A slave of Christ,
Shellamar