Today I noticed several stacks of "The Watchtower" magazines on the curb of 21st Street between 9th and 10th Avenues. They were prepared for recycling .
There were enough of these magazines to fill about 9-12 feet of shelves.
"The Watchtower" is a Jehovah's Witness publication that is often distributed by door-to-door preachers.
At first I thought the stacks would contain left-over magazines that were not distributed. But each issue was different.
This is a residential block of expensive brownstones in a predominantly gay neighborhood. It seemed unlikely that an evangelical who frowns upon tobacco, gambling, non-marital sex, contact with other religions, and blood transfusions would live here.
Yet, it appears that someone was either a Jehovah's Witness or had collected all of the magazines given to them by door-to-door preachers over the years.
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