Reducing Contact w/Jehovah's Witnesses in the US--Tips

by rebel8 2 Replies latest jw friends

  • rebel8
    rebel8

    Neighborhood Preaching: Post a ?No Trespassing? sign at your home. Click here to view a letter from the wts instructing "publishers" not to visit homes with No Tresspassing signs on them: http://www.dannyhaszard.com/notrespassing.htm

    Telephone preaching:

    Option 1: Get caller ID and don?t answer unwanted calls.

    Option 2: Contact your phone co. to find out if they offer a service for you to block calls from certain telephone numbers.

    Option 3: If you do accidentally talk to them, tell them they are to cease calling you immediately. If they continue calling, file a complaint with the police and phone co. complaint bureau. Normally, you must feel annoyed, alarmed, or harassed in order for action to be taken. (I personally would feel all of those if somebody calls me with a message that I?ll be killed by God soon, even if it was stated subtly.)

    Putting stuff in or on your mailbox with no postage: It is a federal offense. Law: http://pe.usps.gov/text/dmm/d041.htm#Rbi31049 File a complaint with the US Postmaster. How to complain: http://www.usps.com/ncsc/locators/find-is.html Enter your zip code first.

    Putting stuff in or on your mailbox with postage:

    Option 1: Don?t open it?mark it ?return to sender, refused?, cross out your address, circle the return address, and put it back in the mail. If unwanted mail persists, write a letter to the congregation, by certified mail with return receipt, indicating no further mail should be sent.

    Option 2: File a complaint with the US postal office. See here for details: http://www.junkbusters.com/dmlaws.html Be sure to scroll down and read the links to the Supreme Court?s decision that the individual receiving the mail is allowed to determine whether or not the content is offensive. Another option is to file a complaint here: http://www.usps.com/postalinspectors/fraud/MailFraudComplaint.htm Use the ?unwanted mail? category.

    Emails:

    Option 1: Use your blocking capabilities.

    Option 2: On mine, I can send an automated message to particular email addresses if they send me anything. You could put a message indicating you wish their contact to cease to be automatically sent back to them.

  • ColdRedRain
    ColdRedRain

    I've always wondered why phone witnessing religious telemarketing wasn't made illegal by now? Even as a dub, I realised how wrong it was.

  • Agnes
    Agnes

    Most people that see a "No Soliciting" sign on someone's property are smart enought to figure out that the householder doesn't want to be bothered period and will respect the request. I for one will not put up a "No Trespassing" sign simply because of their arrogance. If they are rude and arrogant enough to ignore my request to be bothered and insist on coming to my door, then they will be treated rudely in return. Agnes

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