as we know, many people have "no junk mail" signs on their home letterboxes.
this clearly means that they do not want unsolicited mail or advertising material.. so how are witnesses getting around this?.
during the campaign to distribute the convention invitations, when they come across a house with "no junk mail", they are just putting the leaflet inside an envelope and hand writing "to the householder" on the front and putting it in the letterbox!.
Jonahstourguide: Any mail you try to place in the mailbox must be addressed to the person directly and not simply "to the householder"
Wow, I didn't know that! We have a "no junk mail" sticker, and yet often get mail that is just addressed "to the householder" from marketing companies. AND it is delivered by the official Aust Post mailman.... I'll have to look into that.
i was a window cleaner, i was at the time unemployed, homeless.
i had no education to be proud of (high school one a two b's rest c's) i was a jehovahs witness.
i had been a pioneer.
WONDERFUL post!
Thanks for checking in and sharing it with all here.
Keep up the great work, and keep enjoying life!
Much love and respect my friend.
on the radio today, an ad for a car dealership said:.
'if a salesman came to your door to sell you a car, would you buy it from him?
of course not, you'd go online and do your research.'.
Yes! A brilliant illustration.
Yet witnesses, especially born-ins, readily accept the religion handed down from their parents....without doing any comparitive research...
i finally stopped attending the meetings about 4 months go.
i won't be going back - ever.. but i've decided the best reply to the watchtower is to be happy and i do try to be happy every day even thought i wasted my entire life on this religion.
i cherish every day, practice mindfulness and do my best to be content with the life i have.. it is only now that i see that most jws i know are deeply unhappy people.
"Life is so tough...something to be endured..."
Witnesses are so burdened with such thinking....
https://www.jehovahs-witness.com/topic/5680338216943616/endure-enjoy
YES!!
Thanks @wake!
It just seems that witnesses are required to, (and happily do) switch off their thinking abilities when they go to the convention!
No logic is required, and no reasoning ability is permitted!
Especially is that evident when it comes to the Friday video that attempts to rewrite the history about the 1975 debacle....
The FACTS are in print! HOW can the society think they can change history?
Damn it!
I was trying to post a funny picture...but I'm too stupid to do so...
sorry!!
Another of our dear forum friends will upload the pic for us...
The damn picture wouldn't upload....
hey everyone.
i don't post here often, but i lurk pretty much everyday.
i just created the following infographic based on the recent yearbook stats.
Brilliant work!!
Thanks for sharing!
episode 6 of this jw life is now live.
it is a brutally honest, at times dark, look into what it was like behind the scenes in our lives.
people don't talk openly about ugly parts of their lives and it leads to other people feeling alone when theirs gets ugly.
Just finished it now.
Thanks for your honesty as you open up your life before us all. Thanks also to your wonderful wife. I am sure that without her support in life and without her acceptance of you doing these podcasts, things would have been very different.
I could relate to so many of your points!
You are helping to give a voice to so many who have been affected and shaped by life within the cult.
