by ezekiel3 26 Replies latest watchtower beliefs
Home but Hiding. That one kills me.
It's their damn house. They don't wanna answer the door, it's their right. They aren't hiding. They just don't want to waste their time with some Bible thumper on their front lawn. It's like not answering your phone when a telemarketer calls.
When I was pioneering i called on a do not call.
They failed to tell me it was a do not call!
Needless to say the guy was ready to slap me, i was so scared that he might actually hit me so I walked away shaking so bad.
Since I was the Service Overseer also for awhile......I remember that wonderful job of calling on the "do not call on" list. You never knew what to expect and it was a bit nerve racking. Many times the old owner had moved, or...... someone else answered the door with a different response, but you never knew if the "pissed off person" was going to come out. It wasn't fun.
Actually this information you posted gave me a thought. If more of the public were aware of "how to keep Jehovah's Witnesses away" through the newspapers for instance such as in "letters to the editor", perhaps the preaching work could hit some major snags. This is quite intresting.
Gumby
When I was pioneering i called on a do not call.They failed to tell me it was a do not call!
I know what you mean. I did that several times too. They were written on the back of the territory card and we were always forgetting to check them.
I wonder if people said "I want to be a do not call forever and I am warning you NOT to send someone every six months or once a year, to see if I've changed my mind"..........if that would work.
Home but Hiding...I remember that.
I used to wonder why they didn't just tell us to go away and not come back not realizing they probably had several times. Yes, I remember there being a lax handling of DNCs in congregations I attended. After one of the elders had a gun pulled on him by a disgruntled DNC, suddenly there was a special talk Thursday night about taking them seriously letting the territory holder know they were responsible for the lives of the people working with them in that territory, making sure they knew which house(s) were DNCs, perhaps even working that block/road themselves.
I bet that elder had to go home and change his pants!
Blondie
How typical of the "ivory tower" mentality is this edict? I wonder how keen any of the boys in Brooklyn give the marching orders would be to follow their own advice. My suggestion: accumulate the names on a DNC list and have it over to the circuit overseer, or better yet, to a visiting Bethel speaker, with the request that he ``take the lead" and show how it's done!
It would be interesting a place a brief ad in the classified section of newspapers "Tired of JW Visits?" with brief instructions, simply call local congregation (insert phone number) and ask to be placed on the DNC list. Maybe a link to a site as well.
You would think that the WTS as a whole, and JWs individually, would embrace the idea of homeowners and tenants HELPING them Speed Up The Preaching Work? by means of a Do Not Call list.
But noooooooooooooooo.... they think it is an infringement of their "freedom of speech" and "freedom of religion". Whatever happened to the householders' freedom of speech and freedom of religion (or rather freedom from religion)?
Love, Scully
I got chased off [ I had to run for my life ] by a householder with a spade (a flat shovel) as soon as we made eye contact he revilled me as a F**king russelite.
For years after,i felt a warm glow inside that Jehovah's Angels had sent me to that door because they knew I could run fast.
Truly amazing I could have been so twisted isn't it?
It's Flag Day in a South Texas town along the Mexico border in 1993. Your World War II veteran grandfather proudly displays his American flag in the front yard. An immigrant from Eastern Europe, he was literally smuggled into this country. He is proudly watering his well manicured yard when he is greeted by two women walking up the driveway. He catches a glimpse of them and smiles. "Hello sir", we're here today to talk about the world events..." Before he can say "I don't want any," my grandmother steps out to talk to them. Grandpa goes into the house (whew, I missed those JW's again.) Grandma smiles and listens to the spiel, that is until one well-thinking JW says "well you know that flag you have in your yard is just plain idol worship..." Grandma's mouth drops to the grass and then says "How dare you say our admiration for our country's symbol is idol worship... (rest of conversation is censored.) Two ladies quickly retreat to their 4-door car and leave post haste. Grandma telephones Kingdom Hall on Monday morning and tells them a word or two or three...my grandparents house is immediately placed upon "Do Not Call" list in territory files.
