by Quarterback 29 Replies latest social humour
It is the postage service that delivers this 'bulk' "mail" the circulars, and except for the bargain hunters and serious coupon fiends, it is all promptly recycled.
The elder gave good advice: by clumping it with the junk mail, in the box, it will get the attention it deserves.
it does not deserve special delivery status.
You can, however, place mail without postage on the outside of the box by sticking it between the box and the mail flag, if there is one. I've seen a few tracts "placed" that way "legally".
If they want to put it in the mailbox then they need to pay for postage like the rest of us.
Ensuring laws are enforced is an effective cult shrinking technique. cultprevention.blogspot.com/2009/11/how-to-shrink-cults.html
The KM in 2000 states, " to not make the tract invisible to passersby's". The publisher said, " it was invisible to passersby's."
What?! In pioneer school we were taught the opposite. It promotes break-ins.
Yes, I was also taught that literature should not be visible from the street. Don't know what that KM writer was smoking.
What a weird law. It's only a mailbox.
Follow the power and the money, then there's nothing weird about it. It's partly about theft control, mostly about protecting the post office's legal monopoly. The WTBTS has to leave their offerings out on the door steps, just as FedEx and UPS must do.
The KM in 2000 states, " to not make the tract invisible to passersby's".
Though the point made may be partially correct (excepting 'not . . . invisible'), the above is definitely not a direct quotation from the KM; it is by no means copied/pasted. The WT publications would not contain so many errors in a single sentence.
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My guess: "[. . .] not to make the tract visible to passersby."
I wish that law applied in australia , we get so much junk mail . Then again,....... my wife loves them
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When I was in, we were told not to place anything in the mail box, because of that law. It may be a stupid law, but it is the law. I thought JWs were supposed to follow the law of the land, unless it conflicts with God's law.
There are numerous examples in the KM where this is written.
*** km 9/73 p. 8 par. 5 Presenting the Good News—With Kingdom News No. 16 ***
As you know, it should not be put in a mailbox, and it is best if it can be left out of sight of passersby.
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I thought JWs were supposed to follow the law of the land, unless it conflicts with God's law.
Wrong. JWs follow the law of the land only when it's personally convenient to do so or until it conflicts with Watchtower law. Then a JWs obedience to "Caesar" goes right out the window.
Obedience to secular authority is another WT concept that looks good on paper but has no real-world application in JW Land.
