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Lil_Phantoms_Lawyer t1_iu2nnfk wrote

Gross. I didn't know until this year that Jehovah's Witness started in Pittsburgh. That just seems so odd to me.

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MyLittlePIMO OP t1_iu31gi5 wrote

I believe they are still a Pennsylvania-incorporated publishing corporation!

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WikiSummarizerBot t1_iu31hnt wrote

Watch Tower Bible and Tract Society of Pennsylvania

>The Watch Tower Bible and Tract Society of Pennsylvania is a non-stock, not-for-profit organization headquartered in Warwick, New York. It is the main legal entity used worldwide by Jehovah's Witnesses to direct, administer and disseminate doctrines for the group and is often referred to by members of the denomination simply as "the Society". It is the parent organization of a number of Watch Tower subsidiaries, including the Watchtower Society of New York and International Bible Students Association. The number of voting shareholders of the corporation is limited to between 300 and 500 "mature, active and faithful" male Jehovah's Witnesses.

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RatInTheHat t1_iu4oj0d wrote

The founder is buried in Shaler. There's a small pyramid there that was placed by the original Watchtower society.

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NSlocal t1_iu53hqb wrote

Ross, on Cemetery Road. The pyramid was removed in the spring after another round of vandalization.

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RatInTheHat t1_iu5nuhn wrote

Bummer. It's an interesting historical piece. There is quite a bit of imagery on that thing the JW's would nowadays consider idolatry. I hope I still have the photos I took years ago.

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rhb4n8 t1_iu5xgg4 wrote

Pennsylvania has a lot of religious extremists going way back. The Quakers were too tolerant which is how we ended up with

Hare Krishnas Jehovah's witnesses Harmony society Bruderhof society The Amish Church of life Church of Bible understanding Kelpius monks Not to mention some of these non denomination Christian cults And Probably a ton more weird ones.

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