JWD flyers on cars at KH's

by ko38 57 Replies latest jw friends

  • willyloman
    willyloman

    Back a few years ago when I was an elder and had started lurking on this forum, there was a sister who moved in from another congo. She arrived DF'd and soon asked for a meeting with us to discuss her case. I was shocked at the way she'd been treated in the backwater congo she was from, and sympathetic because the circumstances under which she'd been DF'd were pretty tragic. She'd married a dub who later came down with a severe case of depression and couldn't/wouldn't feed himself. She was stuck waiting on him hand and foot except when something came up he actually want to do and he'd suddenly have "a good day." There was a son involved, a boy of about 10, who was conflicted by this whole thing -- after all, his father was the "crazy" one, but it was his mother no one would talk to.

    There was no sex life, of course. With the husband not working, money was tight so they rented a spare bedroom to a single pioneer brother (no one from the congo, of course, could find time to pitch in and help with her situation). So the man moved in, and you can guess what that led to. But, hey, she was lonely and life was passing her by.

    Not seeing any way to help her without exposing my "worldly thinking," I created a note on my computer. I read simply:

    Support Group for Disfellowed Persons: Jehovahs-Witness.com

    I left it on her windshield after a meeting one night. She missed several meetings after that and we later learned she had moved away. I alway wondered if she went to the site, spent some time there, and decided to move on with her life. I hope so.

  • Double Edge
    Double Edge

    Support Group for Disfellowed Persons: www.Jehovahs-Witness.com

    WHOA... That is a brilliant phrase..... The whole sentence is positive and at the same time enticing to the curious. Even the plain thought that there would be "support" for those disfellowshipped makes for interesting conversation to those who would read it.

    I would suggest making them on business cards ..... so easy to handle for those distributing and so easy to secret for those receiving. It would also make an interesting billboard.

  • OldSoul
    OldSoul

    I think we should approach waking them up the same way they approach putting people to sleep. We each have things that are huge deals to us personally that are at odds with the JW's beliefs. But, if we press that issue with someone who doesn't care about it we'll get nowhere.

    Why don't we start taking some time with the ones who meet us at the door, the ones we work with, the elders who call to help us, etc. to find out what really is their personal weakest link? We know how to recognize the signs when we hit on something they aren't comfortable talking about. We know that when we hit that topic, we have the best chance of waking them up with that issue.

    Just a thought.

    OldSoul

  • ko38
    ko38

    Thanks for all the ideas,Im sure we will have some more soon............................This sure is fun.

  • Elsewhere
    Elsewhere
    I left it on her windshield after a meeting one night. She missed several meetings after that and we later learned she had moved away. I alway wondered if she went to the site, spent some time there, and decided to move on with her life. I hope so.

    Maybe she did the "move away and fade" thing.

  • Heatmiser
    Heatmiser

    If you wait untill the weather gets warmer, people will leave the car windows open a crack. You can slide the flyer/card through the window and you won't have to deal with the asshole running around the parking lot taking them off of the windshields.

  • candidlynuts
    candidlynuts

    " how much " new light" does it take before you realize your in the dark?"

    " a century of false prophecy isnt enough to encourage you to examine your religion?"

    "propaganda is alive and well inside your watchtower and awake. Investigate"

    "Does the love for a publishing company seperate YOU from beloved family members?"

    " How light is your yoke?"

    make em think!

  • Will Power
    Will Power

    EDUCATE...EDUCATE....EDUCATE !!!!!

    What if I got one of those great big loud speakers and rigged it up to the roof of my car.

    I could play pre-recorded messages of "Beware of Strangers" knocking on your door disguised as an angel of light!

    Ask the next one who knocks about the UN......Silentlambs......shunning their own family members......etc.

    This car could go up an down main streets with sandwich board clad back up on corners, near coffee shops ready with special tracts

    and an invitation to a free WT study at JWD !!!.....

    LOL

    will

  • heathen
    heathen

    I think the slipping propaganda in someones window just because they leave it cracked during the hot summer is a lousy idea . That would only make them more angry and less likely to be rational about things , I know it would me , I don't even like when someone sticks crap under the windshield wiper or tapes crap to my windshield , they do have lot attendants so don't think you could just go to the parking lot anyway , I think just using the web is a great way to discuss things with braud range of views . The jehovah witnesses have proven to me that they are sneaky and deceiving and I just detest that and do not encourage that kind of behaviour .

  • Kenneson
    Kenneson

    Dogpatch (Randy) had a unique idea for a Dodger Stadium convention around 1983. He rented a small plane to fly over the stadium for several minutes. It carried a banner stating "1980 Bethel shakeup" and a phone number.

    http://www.freeminds.org/doctrine/picketingmemorial.htm

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