It would be interesting to know the actual percentage acted on by the public.I knew of a hermit, a well-known local eccentric, who wandered into a JW convention in the late 1970s. He was high on some intoxicating substance and neglectful of personal hygiene. He was disinhibited, a bit loud and wandered up to nicely dressed JWs who tried to pretend he wasn't there. No one, including me, spoke to him. By their fruitage you will know them? Minutes later, he was swiftly escorted out of the arena by two burly and unsmiling witness men and was back onto the familiar cold streets of our city. A sad, lost soul if ever there was one who found the JWs about as welcoming as the pharisees of old. Can I count him as having potentially read a handbill advertising "free" public talks? He never reached the stage of JW baptism, which is a shame because it would have been an opportunity to practically address some of that neglected hygiene.
The New "Invite" - How Stupid Can They Be?
by metatron 43 Replies latest jw friends
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steve2
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carla
Now that would be are real experiment! See just how 'loving' the jw's really are to the homless or non traditional types!
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FlyingHighNow
A sad, lost soul if ever there was one who found the JWs about as welcoming as the pharisees of old.
I found a lot of the JW's about as welcoming as the Pharisees, too. Once I took the Awake! article "You Must Assist Those Who Are Weak" to the elders and asked them why one of our local elders had given a talk saying, "If you're weak and you want to associate with the strong, YOU BETTER GET STRONG!" He then told the strong not to hang out with the weak ones. This is one of the straws on the camel's back, in my witness career, that helped me out of the org. eventually.
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Wild_Thing
I saw these over at my sister's house and swiped one. I thought they were ridiculous! And I don't remember JWs ever having invitations to the conventions when I was growing up in the org. Is this something new? Or something old that they abandoned for a while and then brought back?
Here it is for your viewing pleasure!
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Wild_Thing
Also, they don't have labels on them because the local congregations are supposed to put them on there. I saw one that had a label. It had the date, location, and address. Sorta like the labels that Avon ladies put on the back of their books!
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Rabbit
See the check box in the lower left corner on the back page ?
"Without obligation, I request a copy of the book What does the Bible Really Teach ?
"Without obligation" ...am I the only one who had a cold, sick chill creep down their back and make them shudder ???
*Sheesh* if only folks knew how much obligation & personal cost will be ahead of them, if they 'check' that little box and start down the road to association and baptism.
My Mom is dead, because of the obligation to "abstain from blood."
I'm shunned by all my children, because of the obligation to 'mark' former & inactive JW's.
"Without obligation"...the very first lie !
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fullofdoubtnow
the tract seems to have been designed with very low expectations of achieving results
Well, they won't be too disappointed when the public don't turn up in their thousands then.
Everyone in our block of flats has had one of these pushed through their doors recently, apart from us of course. Apparently no one knocked on a door, they just shoved them through the letter boxes. I haven't heard any of our neighbours indicate that they are going to attend though, no surprise there.
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lisavegas420
If you write in and request a book from the wtbts, do they mail the book to your house, or do they send sales people?Just wondering.
lisa
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unique1
You make me laugh.
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fullofdoubtnow
Hi lisa, you asked:
If you write in and request a book from the wtbts, do they mail the book to your house, or do they send sales people?
Well, they might mail it depending where you live, but I suspect it would be delivered by members of the local congregation, who would then offer you help in understanding it. The book may be free, but nothing from the wts comes without obligation.
