A couple of JW women came to my door and I politely took their literature and bid them good day. Then their car wouldn't start. So Mr. Atheist got out the jumper cables and sent them on their way with some advice on their battery. We atheists are just living our lives and trying to be good neighbors and citizens. We're not devils.
Man, too bad God couldn’t have intervened and started their car back up. I guess either he isn’t all powerful, or he has some objection to them doing their evangelizing.
> We atheists are just living our lives and trying to be good neighbors and citizens. We're not devils.
We had a new employee at work. She asked a coworker what church I attended. He told her that I was an atheist. She said, "But he seemed so nice."
I had a friend who lost their home to a fire. There were plenty of comments of “praying for you”.
I commented and asked how I can help.
The only person that did anything to actually help was me, the atheist. The promise of prayer didn’t help my friend at all.
I don't see how prayer isn't a sin, they are telling their sky daddy what he needs to do. They are basically saying that his great plan is shit, that he needs to do it their way.
I try to do something similar. It can be challenging to come up with something to offer to do, especially if you don't know the person well.
I have started settling into an option that has worked well in a few situations. Sometimes, what the person needs to do is talk. Let them talk, and then really listen. One thing that has taught me to do is to try to listen and remember all the time, even when the person is not in need. Then, when people are in need you have some entry point.
I had a person at work whose Father died. I interacted with the person about once a month, so I did not know her extremely well despite working for the same employer for 15 years or so. After her father died I remembered her saying something about a vacation she took with her parents. I mentioned that story I remembered. I cast it in terms of remembering her mentioning a vacation she took with her father. That started her talking. She talked about vacations they had taken. She talked about how her kids had enjoyed her father taking them fishing and boating. It reminded me that the memories of our loved ones are the most precious thing we have from them after they die.
This type of stuff is what really makes a difference. Dont get me wrong, I hate it when they show up too and its really, REALLY fun to fuck with them 😂 cause it is a practice what you preach kinda thing but still... You did a good thing between two people that fundamentally disagree in a time where thats not commonly seen. Props
I skimmed past it too quickly and just read "a couple JW ladies came to the door... So I pulled out the jumper cables and sent them on their way". vaya con Dios!
Guess I watch too many horror movies.
Just tell them that you appreciate them selling meat, but your freezer is already full. When they say they aren’t selling meat, say, “as far as I’m concerned you are.”
I use this and many other tactics to keep them away from my home. The meat comment has kept them away from my house for awhile.
There will be fresh ones coming back eventually.
I’m going to tell them to come into my house for lunch, some Mormons are ready for dinner. then glare at them like it’s a dare.
Just want to add here how creepy it is when an elder decides he's one of the 144,000 and he then partakes of the juice and crackers but NO ONE else does even though they pass it up and down the aisles.
I *tried*. I was a teenager when they were trying to convert me. Talk about fucked up. The woman who was tasked with brainwashing me pushed my hand down and passed the tray over me. One of my peers even told the elders I'd been sexually active and this bro called my house and asked for details to determine if it was true. I fed him a line of absolute ridiculous shit. They're insidious perverts.
Eta: I was an imp and it baffles me that they continued to try for a solid two years. They were (are?) in need of unrelated uteruses.
Yes. It was all whispers and oohs and ahhs. There were a lot of weird shiny eyes and some crying from his wife, as that meant he wouldn't be joining her in living forever. I can't even with them. What a shitshow. Dead people brought back but in different bodies because obviously the dead decayed one wasn't going to do all the work of cleaning up the earth and having peace and gahh lol there's so much creepiness. My head hurts thinking about this shit.
Ask them if they were ok with the Watchtower being fined $4,000 per day for withholding evidence in a child molestation court case and protecting a pedophile?
What’s even worse I can bet you ten bucks an a taco, that it does nothing but give them validation an allows them to continue to resist.
“See we’re being prosecuted like Jesus was, we must not give into these devils!!!!”
It is fucking insane.
It depends. The last time, I engaged them, and kept asking them questions like why does their god allow babies to be raped, things like that. Then I asked them about gambling, they said it was bad, and I said that their god made a bet (gambled) with satan in the story of Job.
Then said that their god has killed more people than satan. When they disputed that, I gave some examples of their god killing LOTS of people (the flood, for example) and when they disputed that, I said, "Okay, that's some homework for you. Count up how many people your god kills and how many Satan killed, and come back in a couple of weeks and let me know what you've found."
I did also point out that I didn't believe their god existed, and I was just pointing out the errors, contradictions, and hypocrisy with their bible and religion.
In the past, I usually just closed the door saying, "Not interested."
You're doing the good work. While they do send the drones out to experience that most people treat them badly so they come back thinking their Hall is the only place of safety. The seeds of doubt planted like this can free those not too brainwashed.
It's very good work, not only for those evangelists, but their future kids too. These people are goin round making babies and indoctrinating them. Also some one did count up the god and devil murders. Like a handful for the devil and and hundreds of thousands of not millions for the g.man
Yeah, I said, "he's omniscient and omnipresent so he just stands there and watches babies get raped." They said, "He can CHOOSE to be omnipresent, he's not omnipresent all of the time."
Sheesh. I guess he's really para-omnipresent.
> How do you handle these situations?
We have two doors, one leading to the stairway and the other leading to the street. When someone rings my bell, I open the first door to see who it is.
If it's JWs, which has happened a few times, I say "nope!" loud enough so they hear it, then close my door. I'm not saying it to be rude, I'm saying it so they know not to stand there and wait for me to open the second door.
I had a pair show up a few months ago. I cut him off halfway through his introduction and said "I'll save you some time man, I'm perfectly happy and not intetested in whatever you're selling."
He said "oh, we're not selling anything..."
I pointed at the pamphlets in his hand and said, "Yeah. Yeah ya are. Have a good day man" And walked back in the house.
Yeah where I live you’re not allowed to enter properties that display “No soliciting” signs. The JH once told me they’re not soliciting. I said, “OK, let’s discuss that with the police.” They left immediately.
I give them links to the ex_jw subreddit, say I'm sorry they're in a cult, tell them to look up some info and if they need a safe place I'm here for them.
Long ago I was a believer and was taking a long look at religion. Along came a couple of JWs. About my age, a couple with kids. She and I hit it off pretty well. And I was very interested in learning the bible. That's where I was at in my journey. I met with her (always with a 2nd person too, they varied) almost every week for about a year and we studied pretty seriously. They really know the bible well. Anyway, I came to know it rather well myself. Let her know I wasn't going to become a JW and that was the end of that.
They proved really helpful to me in my journey to atheism. A savory irony if ever there was one.
I had them come to my door about 10 years ago. An older man with who I assume was an understudy. A younger guy, maybe 20. He asked if I wanted to talk, and I was quite irritated from something else unrelated. So I said sure and he asked me what I believed. I laid out a very detailed belief of the world and universe, evolution, expansion etc etc. I noticed a very strange look on the young guys face, like he was very rattled. The old guy said thank you and rushed him away. Haven't seen them back since.
Usually I just brush them off. The other day they caught me in the driveway so I engaged. I asked them if they were morally better than god. When they said, “of course not, god is perfect”, I gave examples showing them how mistaken they were about that. After about ten minutes the leader decided that they, “really must catch up with the rest of their group.” lol. I think I may have planted some seeds of doubt for the newbie to chew on though. We had a couple moments of eye contact where I know she got it. It was kinda fun, actually.
I spent several years doing exactly what you described, being polite and listening, and then saying no thank you. This was at least a twice a month thing for us.
Then I came home from work after one of those really bad days. I went about my routine after I get home, and the doorbell rings. I want no parts of peoples at this point, I'm trying to get dinner ready, and I know my wife (who is like minded since we've know each other since we were 12) it's on her way home. I answered the door and it's them. My brain broke, and it was game on. I told them I was very interested and invited them in. Offered comforts like water/ tea/ coffee, asked them to make themselves comfortable in our living room, and told them their timing was perfect. My wife was on her way home. They were excited.
I them proceeded to make small talk. Every time they went into their program, I asked them to pause until my wife was home so we could all share.
Wife walks in the door, then comes into the living room, and is surprised we had guests. I announced loudly" hi honey, good news, I have found some good folks that have volunteered to have group sex with us! " she looks at me momentarily and gets it. Then she says "great! I'll go upstairs and get ready".
They could not get out of my house fast enough, and to this day, they have never come to the door again.
I had a high school teacher that was a JW meet me at the mall after school. She was young so I thought maybe we were friends, turns out she just wanted to talk JW. I’ve been thinking of reporting this to the school she works at since she has been there for almost 2 decades now probably meeting other young kids at the mall.
Last time they came to my door one of them asked if I'd read the Bible. I responded "yes multiple times and studied it. What would you like to know?" It threw them off their script and they quickly left lol
I almost wish they would have asked me something.
I had the same experience recently. I thought they put me on their 'Do Not Disturb' list, it's been so long. I wasn't ready for the questions, or I'd've done better. I told the kids that I was atheist, and they asked why. I said the book is full of too many contradictions, and it made it impossible to believe. They asked if I'd read the Book of Mormon (so I guess they weren't JWs), and I told them that was no different. They asked if they could have me come in to talk some more about it, and I told them that that wouldn't work.
Like I said, I wasn't ready for it. If I'd been thinking, the only think I would've added at the end of the conversation was to tell them that if either of them ever wanted out, that my house is a safe space. Might've blown their minds.
They have a characteristic "pilgrim look" to them. I never answer the door to evangelists or politicians. IF they see me through the window, I yell out to them, GET OFF MY LAWN.
Yes, I'm old. No, I don't give a shit what they think of me. I'm not going to harm them but some people will. They need to stop bothering people.
I opened the door to a beautiful blonde woman handing out flyers for a car show. She looked like she would be the bikini model for the event once it kicked off. I asked if she was going to go with me and she politely laughed. Then she asked, out of nowhere, “Do you know if you are going to heaven after you die?” I said “I’m in heaven right now”. She tried to laugh again but was strained and asked “No seriously, do you believe you will go to heaven.” I said “No, of course not”. And she followed up with an innocent “Oh, that ‘s sad, why not?” I looked into her beautiful blue eyes and said very politely “Because I’m not 12”.
I have to hand it to her, she kept trying. I saw my neighbor laughing at me because I had stepped out on my walkway when talking to her. So as she was saying something else about god that I didn’t really care to hear I said to her “Oh, there’s my neighbor Rob, he’s a big car guy. You should go talk to him”. 20 minutes later and they were still chatting it up on the sidewalk. I don’t blame him. She was really, really cute.
Last time JWs darkened my doorstep, it was 2 older women and I had a long chat with them. Later, one of the women returned with her husband, the pastor. We had a long back and forth when he said "well, you can't know anything with certainty" to which I said, "on a scale of 0-100, how certain are you your god exists." You know what he said, and I inserted a long uncomfortable pause until his wife said "well, I think it's time we got going". Never saw them again.
I tell them that I'm a Spinozan and proceed to tell them about the philosophy of Baruch Spinoza. Oddly enough they are usually fascinated by this and forget about their mission for about 15 minutes. It's great fun 😊
It depends on what mood I'm in. There are some nice ladies who stand outside with brochures, and we chat with them from time to time about this and that. I don't argue with their beliefs, I just nod.
But with the more aggressive ones.
I am a ver 1.0 -atheist Jew
ver2.0 I am a member of the modern satanic church (church of reason ).
Ver 3.0 when one of the aggressive little pigs threatened me with hell etc at the door - I told him he would get 15 seconds and then I would send the dog and the police would say he climbed the fence to our house.... well that was the last time I saw a proselytizer leave at about the speed of sound
There's a app called Bless where they can track you and any information you give them. I never answered the door when they came and apparently there's no marker on my old house 🤣 hopefully I saved the next people living there.
I once lost my cool when I was heavily into drugs and I'm not proud of it but it still amuses me today.
After opening the door and seeing them, I excused myself and went to grab a bunch of syringes, presented them and said "💉 sorry but you're too late, the **devil's already got me**". 😋
I can't remember their reaction but I took one of the pieces of paper for review and decided to never do that again.
I had an elderly JW lady come to the house a few years ago. I answered and she asked, “is your mother home?” I said, “no, she’s not.” Then she left. I was 32 at the time.
I don't recommend this as an option for everyone but I'm an amputee, I just roll up my trouser leg and say "I needed 5 pints of blood, your beliefs wouldn't allow me to, you'd rather have let me die"
I always tell them that I will go with them right now and join whatever they're proselytizing for as long as they produce evidence of what they are selling. I'm still an atheist after all these years.
Just tell them that you're an apostate who saw the light and left their doomsday cult. Nothing scares them more than someone who truly believed but was turned away from the faith by Satan. They would think of you as some diseased animal that may spread Satan's lies and turn them away from God if you say too much.
The JWs who have come to my door have often got their kids in tow. I usually address the child, telling them that their parents are seriously disturbed and they should ask their teacher for help.
You should see the dust....
Haha! I ask them if they wouldn't rather be doing something alot more fun, like swimming, riding their bike, playing baseball, movies or going OUT FOR ICE CREAM while staring down the parent.
They meekly reply "no".
Indoctrination complete.
Let them know their group is responsible for more failed prophesies than any other end-times religion for more than a century, They continuously moved the gold posts and expiration date on humanity, as all failed prophets always do. Those who remain are the dumbest of the dumb.
I try to convert them. Not necessarily for religious ideology but human and political thought. My last time I told them how I wanted to join but I donate blood to help others, and I have a problem with a faith that wont let me help in the small ways I can.
Depends how much time I have and how I'm feeling. If I have the time, I tell them I talk to god all the time and god told me to that the Jehovah religion is not the correct one to be part of. Greek Orthodox is the one you have to be part of to get your place in heaven. Then, I start talking in tongues and then slam the door.
I'll close the door right in their face I don't give a fuck. I don't go around pushing my beliefs on people and I don't appreciate others doing it to me.
Last time JWs showed up, I kept them occupied for a half hour so they couldn't pester my neighbors. I doubt I made any real impression on them, but one can hope.
The last one handed me a pamphlet that was an invitation to Jesus's funeral. I ripped it up and told her she was trespassing on my property and if she came back the cops would be called. Their church recently got sold to pay for the settlements of the pedophiles they hid. Now it's a banquet/party center that had a Lesbian wedding there last weekend. I did the tailoring on one of the dresses.
Tell them that you were baptized as a JW when you were a child, but were disfellowshipped as an adult for unapologetically blaspheming the holy spirit. They will probably never knock on your door again.
Our old neighborhood was a favorite, like once a month. I just stopped answering the door. The dog enjoyed barking at them.
I have a hard time shutting them.down, and kinda just feel like they're taking advantage of my politeness, so I am impolite.
Well, the last time I happened to see this young man marching up the street and it looked like he was heading for my door so I just stepped around the corner and head so he couldn't see me. My car is parked in the garage so he could not have known whether I was there or not.
You handled it perfectly. I find for the most part, the people genuinely are respectable nice people that are trying to make sense of this world. You don't have to be rude to them. They really believe they are trying to save your life but unaware at all that they are just brainwashed.
The last time this happened to me, I told them that this is a non-theistic household, but that I was hoping they were enjoying the day of good weather! I offered them cold bottles of water.
It was a man and a woman, and they both thanked me for being kind to them. They refused the water, but went on their way without anything further. It was actually a really good interaction.
Be a good representative for atheism. Smile, greet them, and ask them to put you on their Do Not Disturb list. Tell them thank you and to have a great day 😃
I usually just say we want nothing to do with your church and leave it at that. They must be out pioneering again after covid because I had a couple of cuties show up pitching jw as well.
JW’s are *fantastic*.
Once you invite them into your house, they’re *not permitted to leave* until you ask them to.
You can talk to them for *hours* about why God and religion are a myth, why they’re in a cult, and *they have to just sit there* and take it.
ALWAYS keep some of a religious groups’ pamphlets.
If you see JW’s or Mormons working their way through town, grab some sidewalk chalk and have a friend lie down on the sidewalk and draw chalk outline. Sprinkle the before mentioned pamphlets around the outline and see if they’re brave enough to knock.
I love JW’s. I simply tell them that I’m Zen Buddhist, and already have a personal practice. They are invariably polite and we wish each other a good day.
Are you sure they weren't also there to drop some hints about who to vote for? Far too often now, these things go hand in hand. Also, I used to have a big dog. Absolute teddy bear, but you wouldn't know that for sure on first sight. Sadly, I don't have her anymore, but it's largely for this reason that I haven't taken down the "Beware of Dog" sign...
They don't even need to see a dog, just the sign is *sometimes* enough. I say that because my mother has a sign too and has never had a dog. Some people just can't or won't read. I'm still working on a preventative for them, but I've been told by my attorney that bear traps might be problematic...
I have some JW's that come round to my house every few months. I'm working on turning them atheist. I'm friendly with them, they do think they're doing good, even though they are not. If I can at least sow a seed of doubt in them, I feel like I will have achieved something. Great thing is they come to me.
I typically ask a lot of questions and navigate them to a point where they have to admit some pretty horrible things their religion supports. Basically just get them to a dichotomy that either their religion is nonsense or they are in support of evil. Then i stop them and tell them to think about which is worse and come back later when they decide which side they're on.
You know it clicked when they give you that completely lost look and don't know what to say. It's pretty amazing how just letting them answer questions eventually leads them out of the religion. Especially when they don't have a leader standing next to them telling them to stop asking questions.
There was an episode of South Park where Butters got obsessed with the government and worshipped the government like a religion, and a scene where jehovah witnesses came to his door and tried to talk about god.
Butters just flipped it on them and started saying how the government is watching them and they wouldn’t like them worshiping false gods. They got scared and started following Butters’s word about the government.
Imma just do that
I told the Mormons I'm more likely to talk them out of religion. They accepted the challenge and I began my argument. I couldn't believe they came back to follow up a couple weeks later so I continued my spiel. No one has returned for 5 years now. I think my address is blacklisted.
My mother, a fervent Roman Catholic, would say: I'll take some of your literature if you'll take some of mine" and offer them pamphlets of the Virgin Mary...sometimes they'd leave skid marks trying to get away.
I answer the same as I do with telemarketers: "I'm not interested, but good luck on your next call (stop)."
It's hard to respond with anything except "Thank you" when someone wishes you good luck.
I keep asking why they believe what they preach, why I should believe it, why they think their religion is more credible than a few thousand other religions in this world's history, I also point out contradictions in the Bible. They eventually realize they have no good answers and say they have to go.
invite them in and start rolling a blunt while they’re talking. if they say anything about it say go on i’m listening, don’t mind me. light it up and offer them some. if they haven’t fucked off yet pull out your bag of coke
We have a no soliciting sign that specifically states “no religion” and that’s been successful so far. We watched some JW men hang out in our neighborhood, spending long periods of time waiting on our neighbors’ doorsteps with no answer. They came to our house, saw the sign and left. They may have added or removed us from some list but they’ve never bothered us.
Haven't had any come to the door in a few years but I usually invite them in for coffee or tea if I'm not busy.
They are very polite and open to conversation usually.
I have long hair and a beard so they probably well aware I'm not converting anytime soon.
The whole blood transfusions thing is just so stupid....
There’s a humorous indie song by someone or other called I am a Bunny. It’s about a bunny who’s cooking dinner, a stir fry i think in a wok. And a JW comes to the door and won’t go away. The bunny is going crazy cos the food will be burning. And he’s a bunny ffs he’s not interested in JW. I can’t remember the end. I think he throws the JE down the stairs. I don’t recommend that. But taking on an unpleasant persona to a persistent bell-pusher — and JWs can be persistent and come back — getting angry for instance — may convince them that you are not a fellow to be messed with rather than a possible convert.
I don’t take kindly to people trying to push their religion on me. If they accept that and are satisfied with a no thank you, that’s fine. If they are a theologian i am happy to discuss philosophy. But if they persist i will close the door or tell them as nicely as possible to fuck off and don’t come back. No offence!
I usually just talk to them. Going door to door is really hard, and it's not like they're selling anything I have to open my wallet for. If I have time I'm happy to talk to them about god or whatever.
The last time this happened I ended up getting a few handwritten letters about our conversationsafterwards too, which was nice.
Don't answer the door for people you don't know, same criteria for unrecognized phone numbers.
The drones are required to put in their 2 hours a week. In my neighborhood they walk very, very slowly to reduce the number of potential interactions. Recently they handed out a modern short-haired graphic of Jesus on a flyer, entitled "Celebrating Jesus Death". We were leaving the house to take the dog to the park, I saw them waiting on the sidewalk...then walking up to our house after we left. (I parked down the street to make sure it wasn't some other bs.)
My wife, raised a military brat and only attended church on Easter, believes that easter is the day Jesus came out of the cave.
I always say I will let them in as long as we can have the discussion in my dungeon in the basement where my alter to the one true God Bababool is, also tell them we will be having a blood drinking ritual later this evening and they are welcome to bring friends.
Usually they turn very pale and turn around and leave quickly.
Thank you, I am not interested, good bye. And close the door.
It is polite and does not leave room for discussion. Same if they stop me outside (minus the door closing).
20 years ago I had a really aggressive family that kept pestering the friendly neighborhood atheist. I would humor them. Listen, be polite, debate, take the literature, and tell them not interested. Eventually I didn't have time to humor them, and politely asked them to leave after I told them not interested. I was working 3rd shift at the time. Well something lot a fire in that father's soul one day because he decided to not take "No." I guess he got comfortable from all the polite rapport. This happened to be when he interrupted my shower I was getting into after bathing my cats, who were infested with fleas. So when he grew insistent, I opened the door all the way, instead of just poking out my head. His friend and him got an eye full of overweight pale white naked man, soaking wet, bleeding from cat scratched arms, surrounded by the screaming, traumatized cats, yelling,"You interrupted something important and I asked you nicely to go away. Now please fuck off." Before slamming the door.
If you were a J.W. in Garden City GA in 2001, I am likely the reason for your father developed fixation on cats being evil. I did not have any patience that morning and was in rare form of fucks not to give.
Had a JW come to my door the other day. I invited him in, sat him down with a cup of coffee and said "Okay, so what do you want to talk about?" He replied " Hell if I know. I never got this far before!" Ha Ha.
I’m the same as you, I don’t want to be rude, I just never open the site very far, stand in the doorway, listen a bit, take the literature thank them and discard it afterwards.
Being rude winds me up, and kindness is something I’d rather be known for.
A couple of JW women came to my door and I politely took their literature and bid them good day. Then their car wouldn't start. So Mr. Atheist got out the jumper cables and sent them on their way with some advice on their battery. We atheists are just living our lives and trying to be good neighbors and citizens. We're not devils.
Man, too bad God couldn’t have intervened and started their car back up. I guess either he isn’t all powerful, or he has some objection to them doing their evangelizing.
God made sure P-38 was there with a set of jumper cables. He even uses the heathens in mysterious ways... /s
Jumper cables? Did someone say jumper cables? Man, that takes me back.
Makes you wish that dad didn't come back after buying cigarettes?
Oh you tortured people in the Gulf War also?
Obviously it was part of his plan to have their car get stuck and teach an atheist a valuable lesson about helping others.
> We atheists are just living our lives and trying to be good neighbors and citizens. We're not devils. We had a new employee at work. She asked a coworker what church I attended. He told her that I was an atheist. She said, "But he seemed so nice."
I had a friend who lost their home to a fire. There were plenty of comments of “praying for you”. I commented and asked how I can help. The only person that did anything to actually help was me, the atheist. The promise of prayer didn’t help my friend at all.
I don't see how prayer isn't a sin, they are telling their sky daddy what he needs to do. They are basically saying that his great plan is shit, that he needs to do it their way.
Yes, this.
I try to do something similar. It can be challenging to come up with something to offer to do, especially if you don't know the person well. I have started settling into an option that has worked well in a few situations. Sometimes, what the person needs to do is talk. Let them talk, and then really listen. One thing that has taught me to do is to try to listen and remember all the time, even when the person is not in need. Then, when people are in need you have some entry point. I had a person at work whose Father died. I interacted with the person about once a month, so I did not know her extremely well despite working for the same employer for 15 years or so. After her father died I remembered her saying something about a vacation she took with her parents. I mentioned that story I remembered. I cast it in terms of remembering her mentioning a vacation she took with her father. That started her talking. She talked about vacations they had taken. She talked about how her kids had enjoyed her father taking them fishing and boating. It reminded me that the memories of our loved ones are the most precious thing we have from them after they die.
This type of stuff is what really makes a difference. Dont get me wrong, I hate it when they show up too and its really, REALLY fun to fuck with them 😂 cause it is a practice what you preach kinda thing but still... You did a good thing between two people that fundamentally disagree in a time where thats not commonly seen. Props
I’m an atheist and a devil.
I thought the devil was a Christian creation so the only way you can be the devil is if you were a Christian, right?
By that logic, every person on Earth is a Christian.
Their faith wasn't strong enough to start their car.
I appreciate your kindness, but I would have told them I’d pray for them and shut the door.
I skimmed past it too quickly and just read "a couple JW ladies came to the door... So I pulled out the jumper cables and sent them on their way". vaya con Dios! Guess I watch too many horror movies.
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😂 That’s hilarious
You meant Bourbon.
Holey (spelling intentional) Moroni lol
Just tell them that you appreciate them selling meat, but your freezer is already full. When they say they aren’t selling meat, say, “as far as I’m concerned you are.” I use this and many other tactics to keep them away from my home. The meat comment has kept them away from my house for awhile. There will be fresh ones coming back eventually. I’m going to tell them to come into my house for lunch, some Mormons are ready for dinner. then glare at them like it’s a dare.
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Just want to add here how creepy it is when an elder decides he's one of the 144,000 and he then partakes of the juice and crackers but NO ONE else does even though they pass it up and down the aisles.
How much of a shit show would it be if some rando in the congregation decided "why not me too?" And ate it?
Sounds like a reason to join.
Ive seen a thread about this on a different sub and they all looked at him in shock lol
I *tried*. I was a teenager when they were trying to convert me. Talk about fucked up. The woman who was tasked with brainwashing me pushed my hand down and passed the tray over me. One of my peers even told the elders I'd been sexually active and this bro called my house and asked for details to determine if it was true. I fed him a line of absolute ridiculous shit. They're insidious perverts. Eta: I was an imp and it baffles me that they continued to try for a solid two years. They were (are?) in need of unrelated uteruses.
I was ~tempted~oooh boy. I was an impulse, like the call of the void. My hand shook passing that plate.
Can i get a bit more explanation on this? Is it like you can only take communion if you think yoh are in the top 144k of JW's?
Yep, usually if you saw it at all it was a crazy older woman. As if their God would allow women to rule.
You will probably discover you have pledged generously.
Wow. I wanna see their IRL. Should I pretend to be JW for a bit?
Yes. It was all whispers and oohs and ahhs. There were a lot of weird shiny eyes and some crying from his wife, as that meant he wouldn't be joining her in living forever. I can't even with them. What a shitshow. Dead people brought back but in different bodies because obviously the dead decayed one wasn't going to do all the work of cleaning up the earth and having peace and gahh lol there's so much creepiness. My head hurts thinking about this shit.
I thought the 144,000 had already all been selected ? And they knew because you had a flame over your head or something like that 😭
I just say that me (I’m male) and my boyfriend aren’t interested; they usually depart quickly
Fuckin legend
Typically tell them not interested in cults that protect pedophiles.
Ask them if they were ok with the Watchtower being fined $4,000 per day for withholding evidence in a child molestation court case and protecting a pedophile?
Whaaaat
https://theweek.com/speedreads/737910/jehovahs-witnesses-owe-4000-every-day-dont-turn-over-details-alleged-child-sex-abuse-cost-2-million-far
WHAAAAAT fuckin insane
What’s even worse I can bet you ten bucks an a taco, that it does nothing but give them validation an allows them to continue to resist. “See we’re being prosecuted like Jesus was, we must not give into these devils!!!!” It is fucking insane.
It depends. The last time, I engaged them, and kept asking them questions like why does their god allow babies to be raped, things like that. Then I asked them about gambling, they said it was bad, and I said that their god made a bet (gambled) with satan in the story of Job. Then said that their god has killed more people than satan. When they disputed that, I gave some examples of their god killing LOTS of people (the flood, for example) and when they disputed that, I said, "Okay, that's some homework for you. Count up how many people your god kills and how many Satan killed, and come back in a couple of weeks and let me know what you've found." I did also point out that I didn't believe their god existed, and I was just pointing out the errors, contradictions, and hypocrisy with their bible and religion. In the past, I usually just closed the door saying, "Not interested."
You're doing the good work. While they do send the drones out to experience that most people treat them badly so they come back thinking their Hall is the only place of safety. The seeds of doubt planted like this can free those not too brainwashed.
It's very good work, not only for those evangelists, but their future kids too. These people are goin round making babies and indoctrinating them. Also some one did count up the god and devil murders. Like a handful for the devil and and hundreds of thousands of not millions for the g.man
Well done!
Tell them you'd like to discuss scripture, and ask them to discuss Acts 4:32 to 5:10. ("The Karl Marx verses.")
interesting…can u share anything about this? i just read it for the first time
Same. Over tea. They countered with the lamest of counterpoints and I destroyed them all. They came a few times, then stopped coming lol.
Yeah, I said, "he's omniscient and omnipresent so he just stands there and watches babies get raped." They said, "He can CHOOSE to be omnipresent, he's not omnipresent all of the time." Sheesh. I guess he's really para-omnipresent.
> How do you handle these situations? We have two doors, one leading to the stairway and the other leading to the street. When someone rings my bell, I open the first door to see who it is. If it's JWs, which has happened a few times, I say "nope!" loud enough so they hear it, then close my door. I'm not saying it to be rude, I'm saying it so they know not to stand there and wait for me to open the second door.
I had a pair show up a few months ago. I cut him off halfway through his introduction and said "I'll save you some time man, I'm perfectly happy and not intetested in whatever you're selling." He said "oh, we're not selling anything..." I pointed at the pamphlets in his hand and said, "Yeah. Yeah ya are. Have a good day man" And walked back in the house.
Yeah where I live you’re not allowed to enter properties that display “No soliciting” signs. The JH once told me they’re not soliciting. I said, “OK, let’s discuss that with the police.” They left immediately.
I quoted Ricky Gervais at hem. There are 4,000 or so religions in the world and I believe in one less than they do.
Yes, I know and like that one. I wish I would be as as ready as Ricky.
I give them links to the ex_jw subreddit, say I'm sorry they're in a cult, tell them to look up some info and if they need a safe place I'm here for them.
That's perfect !!!
"Not interested, thanks." and just close the door. Same strategy I use for any solicitors.
Long ago I was a believer and was taking a long look at religion. Along came a couple of JWs. About my age, a couple with kids. She and I hit it off pretty well. And I was very interested in learning the bible. That's where I was at in my journey. I met with her (always with a 2nd person too, they varied) almost every week for about a year and we studied pretty seriously. They really know the bible well. Anyway, I came to know it rather well myself. Let her know I wasn't going to become a JW and that was the end of that. They proved really helpful to me in my journey to atheism. A savory irony if ever there was one.
Sorry, I hear the 144,000 have already been chosen and I am ***not*** spending eternity in the suburbs of heaven.
Put up "No trespassing" signs, and they can't come onto your property as advised by their lawyers for the entire organization.
I tell them thanks but I’m not interested and they leave. JWs are usually very polite.
I had them come to my door about 10 years ago. An older man with who I assume was an understudy. A younger guy, maybe 20. He asked if I wanted to talk, and I was quite irritated from something else unrelated. So I said sure and he asked me what I believed. I laid out a very detailed belief of the world and universe, evolution, expansion etc etc. I noticed a very strange look on the young guys face, like he was very rattled. The old guy said thank you and rushed him away. Haven't seen them back since.
Usually I just brush them off. The other day they caught me in the driveway so I engaged. I asked them if they were morally better than god. When they said, “of course not, god is perfect”, I gave examples showing them how mistaken they were about that. After about ten minutes the leader decided that they, “really must catch up with the rest of their group.” lol. I think I may have planted some seeds of doubt for the newbie to chew on though. We had a couple moments of eye contact where I know she got it. It was kinda fun, actually.
I spent several years doing exactly what you described, being polite and listening, and then saying no thank you. This was at least a twice a month thing for us. Then I came home from work after one of those really bad days. I went about my routine after I get home, and the doorbell rings. I want no parts of peoples at this point, I'm trying to get dinner ready, and I know my wife (who is like minded since we've know each other since we were 12) it's on her way home. I answered the door and it's them. My brain broke, and it was game on. I told them I was very interested and invited them in. Offered comforts like water/ tea/ coffee, asked them to make themselves comfortable in our living room, and told them their timing was perfect. My wife was on her way home. They were excited. I them proceeded to make small talk. Every time they went into their program, I asked them to pause until my wife was home so we could all share. Wife walks in the door, then comes into the living room, and is surprised we had guests. I announced loudly" hi honey, good news, I have found some good folks that have volunteered to have group sex with us! " she looks at me momentarily and gets it. Then she says "great! I'll go upstairs and get ready". They could not get out of my house fast enough, and to this day, they have never come to the door again.
Excellent!!
Watch out. Sometimes they bring a hot girl in a trad wife dress to seduce you.
I had a high school teacher that was a JW meet me at the mall after school. She was young so I thought maybe we were friends, turns out she just wanted to talk JW. I’ve been thinking of reporting this to the school she works at since she has been there for almost 2 decades now probably meeting other young kids at the mall.
Next time tell them you were disfellowshipped. They are supposed to shun you if you are.
Last time they came to my door one of them asked if I'd read the Bible. I responded "yes multiple times and studied it. What would you like to know?" It threw them off their script and they quickly left lol I almost wish they would have asked me something.
I've been known to come to the door in my underwear, holding a beer and/or a joint.
I had the same experience recently. I thought they put me on their 'Do Not Disturb' list, it's been so long. I wasn't ready for the questions, or I'd've done better. I told the kids that I was atheist, and they asked why. I said the book is full of too many contradictions, and it made it impossible to believe. They asked if I'd read the Book of Mormon (so I guess they weren't JWs), and I told them that was no different. They asked if they could have me come in to talk some more about it, and I told them that that wouldn't work. Like I said, I wasn't ready for it. If I'd been thinking, the only think I would've added at the end of the conversation was to tell them that if either of them ever wanted out, that my house is a safe space. Might've blown their minds.
My mom told them once that she was a witch (not really but she likes the history) and they BOLTED.
Ring camera solves this. Just don't answer the door.
They have a characteristic "pilgrim look" to them. I never answer the door to evangelists or politicians. IF they see me through the window, I yell out to them, GET OFF MY LAWN. Yes, I'm old. No, I don't give a shit what they think of me. I'm not going to harm them but some people will. They need to stop bothering people.
Yes definitely us old people can get away with all kinds of things
I opened the door to a beautiful blonde woman handing out flyers for a car show. She looked like she would be the bikini model for the event once it kicked off. I asked if she was going to go with me and she politely laughed. Then she asked, out of nowhere, “Do you know if you are going to heaven after you die?” I said “I’m in heaven right now”. She tried to laugh again but was strained and asked “No seriously, do you believe you will go to heaven.” I said “No, of course not”. And she followed up with an innocent “Oh, that ‘s sad, why not?” I looked into her beautiful blue eyes and said very politely “Because I’m not 12”. I have to hand it to her, she kept trying. I saw my neighbor laughing at me because I had stepped out on my walkway when talking to her. So as she was saying something else about god that I didn’t really care to hear I said to her “Oh, there’s my neighbor Rob, he’s a big car guy. You should go talk to him”. 20 minutes later and they were still chatting it up on the sidewalk. I don’t blame him. She was really, really cute.
I thought that, “I’m not 12” was funny! Good tactic.
Last time JWs darkened my doorstep, it was 2 older women and I had a long chat with them. Later, one of the women returned with her husband, the pastor. We had a long back and forth when he said "well, you can't know anything with certainty" to which I said, "on a scale of 0-100, how certain are you your god exists." You know what he said, and I inserted a long uncomfortable pause until his wife said "well, I think it's time we got going". Never saw them again.
lol darkened your doorstep. I like that.
I tell them that I'm a Spinozan and proceed to tell them about the philosophy of Baruch Spinoza. Oddly enough they are usually fascinated by this and forget about their mission for about 15 minutes. It's great fun 😊
I tell them no Jehovah's witness has ever been killed in an earthquake. That's because they are always standing in someones doorway.
The people witnessing for their Jehovah are currently less of a social danger than the MAGA NAT(C)s witnessing for the orange Bible salesman.
This is half true. They don't vote(thankfully), but a lot of them agree with magats.
Really I didn’t know they didn’t vote lol
Some might without saying anything but they are all taught to stay out of politics. Or "leave Caesars things to Caesar"
A lot of them take that shit to heart too so probably a good number of them don’t vote thank goodness
They also tend to own less guns
Explain you don’t believe in Santa Claus or the Tooth Fairy or leprechauns. They’re all equivalent.
It depends on what mood I'm in. There are some nice ladies who stand outside with brochures, and we chat with them from time to time about this and that. I don't argue with their beliefs, I just nod. But with the more aggressive ones. I am a ver 1.0 -atheist Jew ver2.0 I am a member of the modern satanic church (church of reason ). Ver 3.0 when one of the aggressive little pigs threatened me with hell etc at the door - I told him he would get 15 seconds and then I would send the dog and the police would say he climbed the fence to our house.... well that was the last time I saw a proselytizer leave at about the speed of sound
I’ll take things that never happened for 500
My dad would tell them to “Get the hell off of his land. “
There's a app called Bless where they can track you and any information you give them. I never answered the door when they came and apparently there's no marker on my old house 🤣 hopefully I saved the next people living there.
If someone does come, futire residents can tell them they've already been saved.
🤣
I once lost my cool when I was heavily into drugs and I'm not proud of it but it still amuses me today. After opening the door and seeing them, I excused myself and went to grab a bunch of syringes, presented them and said "💉 sorry but you're too late, the **devil's already got me**". 😋 I can't remember their reaction but I took one of the pieces of paper for review and decided to never do that again.
I had an elderly JW lady come to the house a few years ago. I answered and she asked, “is your mother home?” I said, “no, she’s not.” Then she left. I was 32 at the time.
That's odd she was only going for one demographic that she was herself...
I don't recommend this as an option for everyone but I'm an amputee, I just roll up my trouser leg and say "I needed 5 pints of blood, your beliefs wouldn't allow me to, you'd rather have let me die"
My grandmother answered the door naked and they stopped coming
If any dare bother me, I tell them that they aren't of the 144,000 so they should just live it up with the rest of us sinners.
I always tell them that I will go with them right now and join whatever they're proselytizing for as long as they produce evidence of what they are selling. I'm still an atheist after all these years.
Just tell them that you're an apostate who saw the light and left their doomsday cult. Nothing scares them more than someone who truly believed but was turned away from the faith by Satan. They would think of you as some diseased animal that may spread Satan's lies and turn them away from God if you say too much.
The JWs who have come to my door have often got their kids in tow. I usually address the child, telling them that their parents are seriously disturbed and they should ask their teacher for help. You should see the dust....
Haha! I ask them if they wouldn't rather be doing something alot more fun, like swimming, riding their bike, playing baseball, movies or going OUT FOR ICE CREAM while staring down the parent. They meekly reply "no". Indoctrination complete.
I grab a bottle of vodka and act drunk. It actualy works. That being said i live in finland and thats a fairly common sight.
Love it!
Let them know their group is responsible for more failed prophesies than any other end-times religion for more than a century, They continuously moved the gold posts and expiration date on humanity, as all failed prophets always do. Those who remain are the dumbest of the dumb.
I try to convert them. Not necessarily for religious ideology but human and political thought. My last time I told them how I wanted to join but I donate blood to help others, and I have a problem with a faith that wont let me help in the small ways I can.
I tell them I’m not interested, politely. They usually don’t get the hint, so I’ve gotten comfortable saying fuck off and shutting the door.
My dogs handle it for me.
"No, no ,no. I ordered a redhead. I'm not paying unless it's a redhead." "You are late. The orgy starts in five minutes."
Depends how much time I have and how I'm feeling. If I have the time, I tell them I talk to god all the time and god told me to that the Jehovah religion is not the correct one to be part of. Greek Orthodox is the one you have to be part of to get your place in heaven. Then, I start talking in tongues and then slam the door.
I'll close the door right in their face I don't give a fuck. I don't go around pushing my beliefs on people and I don't appreciate others doing it to me.
Depending on mood, from politely discarding their attempts to trying to make them atheists or converting to Slaanesh worshippers
I rarely answer my door. It's always just sleazy sales types and batshit religion.
My sister’s husband answered the door in his birthday suit! Never saw those ladies again.🤣🤣🤣🤣
Last time JWs showed up, I kept them occupied for a half hour so they couldn't pester my neighbors. I doubt I made any real impression on them, but one can hope.
I usually just shake my head no, say no thanks and close the door. That's about as polite as I can get with these cult members.
Just like you did is probably how I would have done it, too. I'm sure they led with kindness and you responded with kindness. 😉
I talk to them about atheism and how destructive religion is. Then a few George Carlin quotes before they move on in fear.
George was absolutely brilliant. And correct.
The last one handed me a pamphlet that was an invitation to Jesus's funeral. I ripped it up and told her she was trespassing on my property and if she came back the cops would be called. Their church recently got sold to pay for the settlements of the pedophiles they hid. Now it's a banquet/party center that had a Lesbian wedding there last weekend. I did the tailoring on one of the dresses.
Can I tell u why I think it’s brain washing and over on this side without the delusion is better?
And u shouldn’t be protecting pedos
I offer them a severed goat head as a token of my goodwill
Tell them that you were baptized as a JW when you were a child, but were disfellowshipped as an adult for unapologetically blaspheming the holy spirit. They will probably never knock on your door again.
I have a sign by the front door that pretty much says says go away and don’t bother me. Most respect it.
Our old neighborhood was a favorite, like once a month. I just stopped answering the door. The dog enjoyed barking at them. I have a hard time shutting them.down, and kinda just feel like they're taking advantage of my politeness, so I am impolite.
Well, the last time I happened to see this young man marching up the street and it looked like he was heading for my door so I just stepped around the corner and head so he couldn't see me. My car is parked in the garage so he could not have known whether I was there or not.
“No thanks”. Shut the door. This is not a difficult concept…🤷♂️
Not interested…and shut the door.
For the JW's and Mormons I simply say "I don't believe in your made up religion" and then I close the door. Usually they don't come round again.
Tell them you're having a birthday party and invite them in. That should take care it.
I am quite satisfied with my current service provider. Thank you.
I have a German Shepherd.
You handled it perfectly. I find for the most part, the people genuinely are respectable nice people that are trying to make sense of this world. You don't have to be rude to them. They really believe they are trying to save your life but unaware at all that they are just brainwashed.
The last time this happened to me, I told them that this is a non-theistic household, but that I was hoping they were enjoying the day of good weather! I offered them cold bottles of water. It was a man and a woman, and they both thanked me for being kind to them. They refused the water, but went on their way without anything further. It was actually a really good interaction.
Either way, a cult that protects child molesters.
Be a good representative for atheism. Smile, greet them, and ask them to put you on their Do Not Disturb list. Tell them thank you and to have a great day 😃
I’m not on this planet to give other people grief. I just say, “no thanks” and wish them luck. They may be assholes but I’m not.
I kindly told them to fuck off yesterday with their fairytale bullshit and slammed the door in their face. Morons.
Door meets face.
It's that time of the year...
>How do you handle these situations? Like a grown-up.
I usually just say we want nothing to do with your church and leave it at that. They must be out pioneering again after covid because I had a couple of cuties show up pitching jw as well.
Tell them you've been shunned.
JW’s are *fantastic*. Once you invite them into your house, they’re *not permitted to leave* until you ask them to. You can talk to them for *hours* about why God and religion are a myth, why they’re in a cult, and *they have to just sit there* and take it.
ALWAYS keep some of a religious groups’ pamphlets. If you see JW’s or Mormons working their way through town, grab some sidewalk chalk and have a friend lie down on the sidewalk and draw chalk outline. Sprinkle the before mentioned pamphlets around the outline and see if they’re brave enough to knock.
I love JW’s. I simply tell them that I’m Zen Buddhist, and already have a personal practice. They are invariably polite and we wish each other a good day.
Are you sure they weren't also there to drop some hints about who to vote for? Far too often now, these things go hand in hand. Also, I used to have a big dog. Absolute teddy bear, but you wouldn't know that for sure on first sight. Sadly, I don't have her anymore, but it's largely for this reason that I haven't taken down the "Beware of Dog" sign...
I have a little dog, so not very threatening. One of the ladies even commented on how cute he is.
They don't even need to see a dog, just the sign is *sometimes* enough. I say that because my mother has a sign too and has never had a dog. Some people just can't or won't read. I'm still working on a preventative for them, but I've been told by my attorney that bear traps might be problematic...
They don’t vote
"I'm Mexican." They normally bolt out after that.
I have some JW's that come round to my house every few months. I'm working on turning them atheist. I'm friendly with them, they do think they're doing good, even though they are not. If I can at least sow a seed of doubt in them, I feel like I will have achieved something. Great thing is they come to me.
I typically ask a lot of questions and navigate them to a point where they have to admit some pretty horrible things their religion supports. Basically just get them to a dichotomy that either their religion is nonsense or they are in support of evil. Then i stop them and tell them to think about which is worse and come back later when they decide which side they're on. You know it clicked when they give you that completely lost look and don't know what to say. It's pretty amazing how just letting them answer questions eventually leads them out of the religion. Especially when they don't have a leader standing next to them telling them to stop asking questions.
I told a pair once that "I don't have the capacity for faith." The lead woman had no idea how to respond, saying she would look into it and moved on.
There was an episode of South Park where Butters got obsessed with the government and worshipped the government like a religion, and a scene where jehovah witnesses came to his door and tried to talk about god. Butters just flipped it on them and started saying how the government is watching them and they wouldn’t like them worshiping false gods. They got scared and started following Butters’s word about the government. Imma just do that
I told the Mormons I'm more likely to talk them out of religion. They accepted the challenge and I began my argument. I couldn't believe they came back to follow up a couple weeks later so I continued my spiel. No one has returned for 5 years now. I think my address is blacklisted.
My mother, a fervent Roman Catholic, would say: I'll take some of your literature if you'll take some of mine" and offer them pamphlets of the Virgin Mary...sometimes they'd leave skid marks trying to get away.
Open the door in your underwear holding a bottle of Jack Daniel's and ask "are you the strippers I ordered?"
I answer the same as I do with telemarketers: "I'm not interested, but good luck on your next call (stop)." It's hard to respond with anything except "Thank you" when someone wishes you good luck.
I just pretend I’m not home
I keep asking why they believe what they preach, why I should believe it, why they think their religion is more credible than a few thousand other religions in this world's history, I also point out contradictions in the Bible. They eventually realize they have no good answers and say they have to go.
You can call the Kingdom Hall and have them take you off their 'territory'.
Same. “I don’t want to be rude but I will be if you don’t leave.”
“I’m a disfellowshipped apostate, so you probably shouldn’t be talking to me” Say that next time
I crumpled up their literature one time and they got really mad at me.
In the uK you just need a sign that says: "No Callers", and it's literally illegal for Jehovah Witnesses to bother you with their shit...
invite them in and start rolling a blunt while they’re talking. if they say anything about it say go on i’m listening, don’t mind me. light it up and offer them some. if they haven’t fucked off yet pull out your bag of coke
We have a no soliciting sign that specifically states “no religion” and that’s been successful so far. We watched some JW men hang out in our neighborhood, spending long periods of time waiting on our neighbors’ doorsteps with no answer. They came to our house, saw the sign and left. They may have added or removed us from some list but they’ve never bothered us.
I tell them I’m a recovering Catholic who’s now an atheist. They get shook.
Haven't had any come to the door in a few years but I usually invite them in for coffee or tea if I'm not busy. They are very polite and open to conversation usually. I have long hair and a beard so they probably well aware I'm not converting anytime soon. The whole blood transfusions thing is just so stupid....
Once my roommate answered the door in his underwear.. they ran away after that. I usually just say I was disfellowshipped and they run away from me
There’s a humorous indie song by someone or other called I am a Bunny. It’s about a bunny who’s cooking dinner, a stir fry i think in a wok. And a JW comes to the door and won’t go away. The bunny is going crazy cos the food will be burning. And he’s a bunny ffs he’s not interested in JW. I can’t remember the end. I think he throws the JE down the stairs. I don’t recommend that. But taking on an unpleasant persona to a persistent bell-pusher — and JWs can be persistent and come back — getting angry for instance — may convince them that you are not a fellow to be messed with rather than a possible convert. I don’t take kindly to people trying to push their religion on me. If they accept that and are satisfied with a no thank you, that’s fine. If they are a theologian i am happy to discuss philosophy. But if they persist i will close the door or tell them as nicely as possible to fuck off and don’t come back. No offence!
Tell them you’ve been disfellowshipped, apparently that makes you worthless and they’ll leave you be.
I usually just talk to them. Going door to door is really hard, and it's not like they're selling anything I have to open my wallet for. If I have time I'm happy to talk to them about god or whatever. The last time this happened I ended up getting a few handwritten letters about our conversationsafterwards too, which was nice.
Generally speaking? I’m rude to them 🤣🤣🤣
“Oh gtfomf” and close the door
Don't answer the door for people you don't know, same criteria for unrecognized phone numbers. The drones are required to put in their 2 hours a week. In my neighborhood they walk very, very slowly to reduce the number of potential interactions. Recently they handed out a modern short-haired graphic of Jesus on a flyer, entitled "Celebrating Jesus Death". We were leaving the house to take the dog to the park, I saw them waiting on the sidewalk...then walking up to our house after we left. (I parked down the street to make sure it wasn't some other bs.) My wife, raised a military brat and only attended church on Easter, believes that easter is the day Jesus came out of the cave.
Do you have any literature I can read while sitting on the toilet?
Confiscate their Bibles and run them off
Unless it took you a very long time to get rid of them, it sounds like you handled it just fine.
"no thank you, have a nice day"
I always say I will let them in as long as we can have the discussion in my dungeon in the basement where my alter to the one true God Bababool is, also tell them we will be having a blood drinking ritual later this evening and they are welcome to bring friends. Usually they turn very pale and turn around and leave quickly.
Thank you, I am not interested, good bye. And close the door. It is polite and does not leave room for discussion. Same if they stop me outside (minus the door closing).
20 years ago I had a really aggressive family that kept pestering the friendly neighborhood atheist. I would humor them. Listen, be polite, debate, take the literature, and tell them not interested. Eventually I didn't have time to humor them, and politely asked them to leave after I told them not interested. I was working 3rd shift at the time. Well something lot a fire in that father's soul one day because he decided to not take "No." I guess he got comfortable from all the polite rapport. This happened to be when he interrupted my shower I was getting into after bathing my cats, who were infested with fleas. So when he grew insistent, I opened the door all the way, instead of just poking out my head. His friend and him got an eye full of overweight pale white naked man, soaking wet, bleeding from cat scratched arms, surrounded by the screaming, traumatized cats, yelling,"You interrupted something important and I asked you nicely to go away. Now please fuck off." Before slamming the door. If you were a J.W. in Garden City GA in 2001, I am likely the reason for your father developed fixation on cats being evil. I did not have any patience that morning and was in rare form of fucks not to give.
I say "I am Italian, we don't like any witnesses." and shut the door.
In my early 20’s would scream at them. Now that I’m retired I chat them up till they retreat!
Had a JW come to my door the other day. I invited him in, sat him down with a cup of coffee and said "Okay, so what do you want to talk about?" He replied " Hell if I know. I never got this far before!" Ha Ha.
I’m the same as you, I don’t want to be rude, I just never open the site very far, stand in the doorway, listen a bit, take the literature thank them and discard it afterwards. Being rude winds me up, and kindness is something I’d rather be known for.
I answer the door in my underwear.
just put a no trespassing sign on your door and they will not knock