Jehovah Witnesses
Spring is in the air. I can tell. The temperatures are climbing, birds are chirping and, oh yes, Jehovah Witnesses are trudging door to door trying to sell their brand of religion to any and all.
Why is it that these evangilists believe that everyone living in the suburbs and still breathing wants to be converted to their brand of religion. It can only be arrogance or stupidity on their part. My guess is it's a little bit of both. If I had my way, they would all be required to buy peddlers licenses before they were allowed to knock on anyone's door. The first reaction of most suburbanites is to head for the hills at seeing the first ones. The less aware neighbors who answer their doorbell are likely to be preached to for at least a half an hour and maybe longer. I guess the first thing Jehovah Witnesses are taught is to wear the victim down until they'll agree to anything just to get them to "go away".
I for one would like to see this practice abandoned. After all, they travel through the same neighborhood's week after week, year after year, converting no one as far as I've ever heard, and are considered a blight along the lines of the Gypsy Moths where ever they go.
I think it's time for suburbanites to start posting "Jehovah Witnesses go away" signs on their property and anyone of them daring enough to approach anyway, should be greeted with a garden hose turned on!
4/14/01
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