The Blitz,what happen to it?

Blueblades

Remember the days when whole groups went out and did the blitz, six to eight blocks in row , a couple of hours of real time witnessing. It was in the seventies. We would start one group at one corner and avenue, the other at the opposite end, then meet up in the middle and share the results.

Then go home and change and meet at the park for fun and games , drink and food. Remember when it was really fun.Not now, no way, no more, those days are gone with the wind.

Slave drivers, hard taskmasters, do more, do more,.

Blueblades

the_classicist

In my HS, the gr. 12s have a tradition called the "Milk Contest." Basically, you drink as much milk as you can and the first one who pukes wins. Normally, people would even bring sour milk to help them win faster. It reminds me of FS.

stillajwexelder

Yes I remember that and I think the brothers used a scripture from Revalation about being like a swarm of locusts over the territory

HappyDad

Wasn't that when we had to distribute the Kingdom something or other pamphlets? I think it started with #1 and was to continue every few month until the great trib. happened.

So much for another WT false prophesy.

HappyDad

DannyHaszard

That was the tract/brochure blitz campaign from the 1970's into early 80's there was to one distribution course for every symbolic time the city of Jerico was marched around.

Then the city walls would symbolic-ly fall flat (armageddon comes)

This time period we were also being egged on by the post 1975 rhetorical addendum of "how long did it take for Adam to name the Animals?"

When the Adam animal naming extension ran out the hardline apostate baiting started up.

To the best of my memory the WT introduced 'apostate' at the 1979 DC I had never heard the slur before 1979 the operative boogieman/scapegoat word had been evil slave

All theses years (born JW 1957) i was VERY sick from ulcerative colitis hoping/beliving in all this bullshit for my relief.

Netty

I remember that, but dont think it was any fun. Well, the after the service part was, going out to eat.

Frog

Funny the things you forget over time, oh the memories:) those kingdom track thingies, the ones that came out once every couple of years. I remember the first time I was aware of the campaign, it scared the bejeebees out of me, I thought things must have been really hotting up in the armageddon hot pot to be causing such bustling activity. I always had such big ambitions about delivering those things, but always ended up with huge piles in my car lol! best place for em, next to the cruppled up WT's hehe.

Have to admit though that I did remember it being kinda funy preaching in the 80s when I was young. It was sort of a social event. On wednesday afternoons all us young girls would pile into the back of this old brother ute (he was such a perverted smuck)...by the way ute is a small truck with an open back tray for those non aussies...and we'd head out on territory (can't believe I just used that word with such ease haha). Blitzing was sorta fun, cause it meant the blocks were over and done with really quick, I used to love that

blondie

I can remember practicing to go d2d as if the US were under ban.

I remember the tract campaigns which went well into the 90's. I would take my allotted 100 and place a few and dump the rest in a shredder (I know I was bad). I didn't see the point of just quickly handing a tract to someone and not talking to them. It was too hard to find people home as it was. One time, the car group captain (remember that phrase?) had us just put them in the door without even knocking (I guess the tracts were piling up). One homeowner asked us what the hurry was and the sister with me said, "Read the tract and you'lll find out how to save your life." I went home after that and tossed the rest of my tracts.

Blondie

luna2

I remember doing this with some special pamphlet or brochure...but now what was on the thing completely escapes me. I rather liked not having to ring people's doorbells. LOL We placed them as if they were menus (the Chinese restaurants do that around here...stick menus in your door) or political pamphlets and quickly moved on to the next house.

We felt like we'd really accomplished something important when we finished our assigned area and placed all of the literature....bunch of silly dopes. Gee, what a thrill to be part of a worldwide brotherhood covering the globe with waste paper.

blondie

Luna2, initially they did knock on the door then they realized it took too much time and went to the put it in the door procedure. Many JWs preferred that and I can see why.

Just like those people who get paid to put flyers from the grocery store in the door.

The Blitz,what happen to it?

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